/ ˈkenl; NAmE / noun
1.
( NAmE dog·house ) a small shelter for a dog to sleep in
2.
(usually kennels ) [ C +sing./pl. v . ] a place where people can leave their dogs to be taken care of when they go on holiday / vacation; a place where dogs are bred :
We put the dog in kennels when we go away.
—see also boarding kennel
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from an Old Northern French variant of Old French chenil , from Latin canis dog.