单词 | carrel |
释义 | † carreln.1 Obsolete. A fabric mentioned in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > other silk mixtures Bruges satin1502 carrel1571 1571 Booke of Orders for Straungers of Norwiche xv in W. J. C. Moens Walloons & their Church at Norwich (1888) ii. 258 Be yt enacted generallye, that no parson or parsons, Inglyshe or straunger..maye putto sale, enye manner of baye or bayes, stammett kersies, hownscott saies, carrelles, mockados, fustian of Naples, or suche lyke clothes. 1611 Bk. of Rates (Jam.) Carrels, the peece, conteining 15 elnes, viij l. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. ix. 180/1 There were..Carells. Fustians of Naples. Blankets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). carreln.2 a. A small enclosure or ‘study’ in a cloister; = carol n. 5a. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > cloister > enclosure or study within carol1419 carrelc1593 musec1650 c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 70 In every wyndowe three 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. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Carrel, a Closet or Pen in a Monastery. 1890 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. 274 They..retired thither for study after dinner, each sitting in his ‘carrell’ as it was called. 1893 F. Madan Bks. in MS. 34 These carrels were fully open on one side of the cloister walk. 1911 L. Weaver House & its Equipm. 39 In monastic houses reading was generally done in carrells, which were little bays in one or more of the Cloister walks. b. A private cubicle provided in a library for use by a reader. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > private room in library for reader carrel1919 cubicle1926 1919 Library Jrnl. 44 635 The provision of carrels for research workers. 1933 Times 11 Dec. 19/5 Experiments in library administration, including the use of carrels and research rooms adjoining appropriate sections of the stack. 1957 V. Nabokov Pnin iii. 76 He then returned to his carrell for his own research. 1960 Medium Ævum 29 109 The study cubicles in the college library at Ampleforth are still called ‘carrels’. 1970 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Apr. 161/2 In the Reference Library there are ten carrels and six semi~carrels, as well as open study-desks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11571n.2c1593 |
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