roodloft
roodloft is the alternative spelling of rood-loft.
Meaning of rood-loft
Noun
rood-loft (plural rood-lofts)
- A gallery over the rood-screen.
- His seconde hawke wexyd gery
And was with flyenge wery.
She had flowyn so oft,
That on the rode loft
She perkyd her to rest.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 66–70
- His seconde hawke wexyd gery
Forms of roodloft
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Questions about roodloft
- What is roodloft the alternative spelling of?
- Roodloft is the alternative spelling of rood-loft.
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