1.NounAlternative spelling of carol (“a small closet or enclosure built against the inner side of a window of a monastery's cloister, to sit in for study”).
2.NounA partitioned space for reading or studying, often in a library.
"He was busy writing his report in a small library carrel."
3.NounA type of fabric used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
4.NounSynonym of quarrel (“a square-headed arrow”).