rood

1) A cross, as an instrument of execution.

1518 to the Roode of Dancastre at the brigge end. It referred particularly to the cross upon which Christ suffered and in English churches was the word for a crucifix, often set above the rood screen: 1567 an image with a crosse that the Roode hanged on, Skeffling.

dates 1518 1567

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