Obs. Also carele. A fabric mentioned in the 16th and 17th c.
1570. Bk. of Drapery, in Beck, Draper’s Dict. (1882), Carrells, Currelles, [mentioned with bays, fustians, and mockadoes, as] works mixed with silk, saietrie, or linen yarn.
1611. Bk. of Rates (Jam.). Carrels, the peece, conteining 15 elnes, viij l.
1720. Stow’s Surv. (ed. Strype, 1754), II. V. ix. 266/1. There were Carells, Fustians, Blankets.
