Meaning of KENNEL
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- [n] outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
- [v] put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"
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| | Synonyms: | | dog house, doghouse |
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| | See Also: | | outbuilding, shelter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ken"nel\, n. [See {Channel}, {Canal}.]
The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a
gutter; also, a puddle. --Bp. Hall.
\Ken"nel\, n. [OE. kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil,
LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. {Canine}.]
1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to
describe his kennel. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. --Shak.
3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
\Ken"nel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kenneled}or {Kennelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Kennelling}.]
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. --L'Estrange.
\Ken"nel\, v. t.
To put or keep in a kennel. --Thomson.
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