A holdover from the bare-knuckle days, he had squandered much of his fortune during years of drunken carousal.
From the artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
Cedric, who had not been present at Locksley's carousal, is ill-disposed towards the knight upon learning his true identity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The main reason people have so much carry-on luggage is because they want to leave the airport quickly and don't want to wait at a carousal to pick up stowed luggage.