Found 2 items, similar to Carrel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Carrel
Carrel
n 1: French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture
and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) [syn:
Alexis Carrel]
2: small individual study area in a library [syn:
carrell,
cubicle,
stall]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Carrel
Carrel
\Car"rel\, n.
See
Quarrel, an arrow.
[1913 Webster]
Carrel
\Car"rel\, n. (Arch.)
1. Same as 4th
Carol.
[1913 Webster]
2. a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas
where an individual may read or study with minimal
distraction from activities nearby. They are used
especially in libraries. Also, the term is used to refer
to one partition of such a table. Related etymologically
to the 4th
carol.
[PJC]