/un ken"l/ , v. , unkenneled, unkenneling or ( esp. Brit. ) unkennelled, unkennelling .
v.t.
1. to drive (a fox or other animal) from a den or lair.
2. to release from or as if from a kennel: to unkennel hounds before a hunt; to unkennel a gang of cutthroats.
3. to make known; disclose or uncover.
v.i.
4. to come out of a kennel, den, lair, or the like.
[ 1570-80; UN- 2 + KENNEL 1 ]