rood
noun
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
roods
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pluralof rood.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In another setback, he found that land boundaries back then were measured in "roods" and "perches."
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2010
The Warwickshire County Council says there are four roods to one acre, and 40 perches to one rood, though it can vary by locality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2010
There, too, lay Tityos, nine roods outspread, Nursling of earth.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
O labor, to despoil Some lovely forest scene, Or at the granite stratum toil, And desecrate whole roods of soil, Is vandal-like and mean!
From Poems Vol. IV by Hattie Howard
There remained seventy-five acres three roods standing within the walls unburnt.
From Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
