carrel
or car·rell
Origin of carrel
1Other definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)
A·lex·is [uh-lek-sis; French a-lek-see], /əˈlɛk sɪs; French a lɛkˈsi/, 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
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How to use carrel in a sentence
On the eastern side is an additional wall, connected at its extremities with the first, enclosing ground for stables and carrell.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX | Joel PalmerThe carrell was placed so that it was closed at one end by one of the cloister windows and remained open at the other.
The Story of Books | Gertrude Burford RawlingsThe easternmost carrell, however, differs a good deal from the others, and it may have been used as a book-closet.
The Care of Books | John Willis ClarkCarrell was in identically the same position as the orator you speak of.
Z. Marcas | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for carrel (1 of 2)
carrell
/ (ˈkærəl) /
a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed
Origin of carrel
1British Dictionary definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)
/ (kəˈrɛl, ˈkærəl, French karɛl) /
Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905–39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912
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