rood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
    rood-tree; crucifix.

WordNet

Rood noun
Etymology
AS. rd a cross; akin to OS. rda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. CF. Rod a measure.
Definitions
  1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it. ✍ Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding the cross on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures.
    Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that precious rood. Wordsworth.
  2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a red; a perch; a pole. Prov.Eng.
  3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.

Webster 1913