单词 | rood-beam |
释义 | > as lemmasrood-beam rood-beam n. a transverse beam supporting the rood, usually forming the head of a rood screen. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > screen > [noun] > beam at top of rood-beamc1405 candle-beam1463 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 496 He..lyth ygraue vnder the roode beem. 1797 J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. 93 The light before the rood-beam. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 312 The rood..was supported either by a beam called the rood-beam, or by a gallery, called the rood-loft. 2001 J. Middleton-Stewart Inward Purity & Outward Splendour ii. v. 133 It is unlikely that more than one rood would have stood on the rood-beam, even though the Southwold beam spanned the width of the church. < as lemmas |
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