carrell

plural carrells

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of carrel.

   He then returned to his carrell for his own research.

   1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 3.6, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 76

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   And in every wyndowe iij Pewes or Carrells, where every one of the old Monks had his carrell, severall by himselfe, that, when they had dyned, they dyd resorte to that place of Cloister and there studyed upon there books, every one in his carrell, all the after nonne, unto evensong tyme. […] All there pewes or carrells was all fynely wainscotted and verie close, all but the forepart which had carved wourke that gave light in at ther carrell doures of wainscott. And in every carrell was a deske to lye there bookes on.

   1593 (date written), “The Cloister. The Northe Alley.”, in James Raine, editor, A Description or Breife Declaration of All the Ancient Monuments, Rites, and Customes Belonginge or Beinge within the Monastical Church of Durham before the Suppression. […] (The Publications of the Surtees Society; 15), London: J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols and Son, […]; William Pickering, […]; Edinburgh: Laing and Forbes, published 1842, →OCLC, page 70

1. A surname.