0 a cubicle (= a small space that is separated off from a larger room) containing a desk for one person, often grouped together with other similar cubicles in a library, etc.:
The centre has study rooms for groups and individual carrels.
Along its line, bays are marked out to form giant carrels.
Each of these book-lined bays or carrels was a room within a room, a library within the library and so easily a category within the expanse of knowledge.
On the ground, an axis is drawn by a range of tables divided into generous carrels to accommodate a reader of text upon page or screen.
A mezzanine floor in the main library has books as well as carrels for individual use of graduate students of the college.
Electrical outlets are located at most study carrels.
There are also research carrels for people who want to conduct research, and a photocopy machine in one corner of the level.
The outer ring, which is built of load-bearing brick, includes all four exterior walls and the library carrel spaces immediately inside them.
Unlike the cubicle desk, carrel desks usually have no file drawers or other facilities.