A carrel


[kuh-rel, kar-uh l; french ka-rel] /kəˈrɛl, ˈkær əl; french kaˈrɛl/
noun
alexis
[uh-lek-sis;; french a-lek-see] /əˈlɛk sɪs;; french a lɛkˈsi/ (show ipa), 1873–1944, french surgeon and biologist, in u.s. 1905–39: n-bel prize 1912.
carrel
/ˈkærəl/
noun
a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed
word origin
c16: a variant of carol
carrel
/kəˈrɛl; ˈkærəl; french karɛl/
noun
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: n-bel prize for physiology or medicine 1912
carrel
n.

1590s, “study in a cloister,” from medieval latin carula “small study in a cloister,” of unknown origin; perhaps from latin corolla “little crown, garland,” used in various senses of “ring” (e.g. of stonehenge: “þis bretons renged about þe feld, þe karole of þe stones beheld,” 1330); extended to precincts and sp-ces enclosed by rails, etc. specific sense of “private cubicle in a library” is from 1919.

carrel car·rel (kə-rěl’, kār’əl), alexis. 1873-1944.

french-born american surgeon and biologist. he won a 1912 n-bel prize for his work on vascular ligature and grafting of blood vessels and organs.
carrel

cubicle or study for reading and literary work; the word is derived from the middle english carole, “round dance,” or “carol.” the term originally referred to carrels in the north cloister walk of a benedictine monastery and today designates study cubicles in libraries. carrels are first recorded in the 13th century at westminster abbey, london, though they probably existed from the late years of the 12th century.
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