carrels

So I was able to do all the parts that involved holing up in carrels and filling out innumerable index cards in Austin.

A Conversation with Sarah Bird, author of the novel The Flamenco Academy 2010

Sometimes the scriptorium was a large hall or studio, with various desks about; sometimes the North walk of the cloister was divided into little cells, called "carrels," in each of which was room for the writer, his desk, and a little shelf for his inks and colours.

Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

It was in the cloister, in which little alcoves called "carrels" were fitted up, securing a certain amount of privacy for each student, that the literary work of the house, whether in reading or transcribing, was mainly done.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

When no special room was devoted to this purpose, separate little cells or studies called "carrels" were usually made in the cloister, each scribe having a window and desk to himself.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

If you are a librarian or trustee, you know that there are all sorts of ways to design library space with such devices as recessed screens and pie-shaped carrels to meet the Internet access and privacy needs of the entire community and still offer First Amendment protection for the right to access needed information.

Barbara Jones: Libraries, Sexual Content and the Internet: Striking a Balance Between Rights, Access, And Comfort Barbara Jones 2012

If you are a librarian or trustee, you know that there are all sorts of ways to design library space with such devices as recessed screens and pie-shaped carrels to meet the Internet access and privacy needs of the entire community and still offer First Amendment protection for the right to access needed information.

Barbara Jones: Libraries, Sexual Content and the Internet: Striking a Balance Between Rights, Access, And Comfort Barbara Jones 2012

There are songs a certain time of year that are called Carols, and there are library carrels.

Dirt is good « Dating Jesus 2009

Spock sat at one of the carrels, a hardbound volume of Romulan philosophy open to a chapter on Vorkan Trov, a famed existentialist who had lived two hundred years earlier.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

Spock sat at one of the carrels, a hardbound volume of Romulan philosophy open to a chapter on Vorkan Trov, a famed existentialist who had lived two hundred years earlier.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

Tall ceilings topped a wide space filled with row upon row of shelves, intermingled with an assortment of carrels.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011