rood screen

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. In medieval churches, an often openwork wall-like screen separating the choir from the nave and extending upward to the rood beam.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A screen or ornamental partition separating the choir of a church from the nave, and (properly) supporting the rood or crucifix. See cuts under rood-loft and cathedral.

Wiktionary

1. n. A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel