carrell
- a variation of carrel.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes carrells were set up in the cloister, a carrell being a sort of pew, in which study could be conducted with more privacy than in the open cloister.
From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
The seat would be on one side of the carrell and the desk on the other, the latter being so arranged that the light would enter on the reader's left hand.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
The easternmost carrell, however, differs a good deal from the others, and it may have been used as a book-closet.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
And in every carrell was a deske to lye there bookes on.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
The carrell was placed so that it was closed at one end by one of the cloister windows and remained open at the other.
From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
