Word: carrell
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...conviction that women were a congenial and compassionate sex," he embarks on a quixotic quest for female companionship, only to experience shattering disappointment at the hands of those he seeks to love. Lewis' Bildungsroman is an ironic twist on the 19th century romantic novels he studies in his library carrel. This hero struggles for placid domesticity; it is the women who behave like cads...
...They might be able to get a locked carrel if they're lucky, but they certainly can't get a study," Engell said...
Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus George H. Williams, who holds the oldest endowed chair in the U.S., has occupied Widener Library K for 14 years. Williams says he shared a carrel in 1947 when he came to Harvard, was moved to a single carrel in 1948, and landed Widener Library...
...when they see another of their species at a nearby carrel (for some reason it's always the one that's directly in front of or behind the one you're sitting at) and insist on carrying on the most inane conversations...
...last couple of weeks I prepared my revenge. Quietly, I worked at my carrel, plotting and awaiting an opportunity to pounce. Finally, a Garrulous Cretini came along. I don't quite remember what happened next, but they tell me he required numerous stitches to connect his lips back to his face as a result of the thousands of staples I planted on his mouth...