I. ˈken ə l noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English kenel, from (assumed) Old North French kenil, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin canile (whence Old French chenil kennel, French dialect cani ), from Latin canis dog — more at hound
1.
a.
(1) : a house for a dog or pack of hounds
(2) : an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs — usually used in plural
b. : a house or other dwelling place regarded as unfit for human residence
2.
a. : a pack of dogs or other animals
b. : a group of persons
literary agent who has a kennel of eccentric clients — Martin Levin
3. : a bed or den of an animal (as a fox or otter)
4. : gable 2b
II. verb
( kenneled or kennelled ; kenneled or kennelled ; kenneling or kennelling ; kennels )
intransitive verb
1. : to take shelter or lie in a kennel
the fox kennels on the hillside
2. : to lodge in a dwelling place regarded as unfit for human residence
the dull sodden faces of the man and woman who kenneled there — E.P.Roe
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put or keep in a kennel
kennel your hound for he has been well whipped — J.H.Wheelwright
the apple trees under which the dogs were kenneled — Eve Langley
b. : to provide with a dwelling place regarded as unfit for human residence
that quarter of the town where they are kenneled is … inhabited by strangers — Richard Steele
2. : to provide or seek lodging or shelter for especially in a secluded place
writers and painters … kenneling themselves in the depths of the country — Times Literary Supplement
3. : to keep within bounds or under control : confine , restrain
indulge our enthusiasms while keeping our angers and envies kenneled — Brand Blanshard
constantly striving to keep his quickly roused temper kenneled
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of cannel (II)
: a gutter in a street
streets were ill-paved and … sloped down on both sides to the kennels — G.M.Trevelyan