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rood noun 1 a cross or crucifix, especially a large one set on a beam or screen at the entrance to a church chancel. 2 literary the Cross on which Christ was crucified. 3 a former unit of area, equal to a quarter of an acre, or 0.10117 hectare. 4 a former unit of area, equal to a square rod.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon rod gallows or cross.