rood loft

American  

noun

1. a gallery above a rood screen, approached from stairs, used for chantings and readings.

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Example Sentences

In some churches the rood loft extended across the side aisles as well, and this necessitated the erection of a specially constructed turret at the east end of one of the aisles.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

Whether or no the setting up of the rood in the rood loft will ever again become customary in the English Church, is a question time alone can solve.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

The same writer also tells us that: "Over across the middle of the said choir was a rood loft, finely carved and gilded, and St. Chad's shrine, but destroyed in time of war."

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

This archway seems too wide to have been the entrance to the stairs leading to the rood loft, a use which has been suggested for it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)

The rood loft turret and staircase remain in the south abutment of the chancel arch.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin