Kennel

kennel

ken·nel / ˈkenl/ • n. a small shelter for a dog or cat. ∎  a boarding or breeding establishment for dogs or cats. ∎ fig. a small or sordid dwelling. • v. (-neled, -nel·ing; chiefly Brit. -nelled, -nel·ling) [tr.] put (a dog or cat) in a kennel.

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Kennel

a pack of hounds, dogs or other animals; Contemptuous, a set or class of persons. See also crew, gang.

Examples: kennel of atheists, 1649; of hounds, 1526; of leopards, 1641; lions, 1844; stock-jobbers, 1720; wolves, 1641.

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kennel1 house for the shelter of a house-dog or hounds. XIV. — AN. *kenil = OF. chenil, It. canile :- medL. canīle, f. canis dog (cf. HOUND).
Hence vb. be in, put into, a kennel. XVI.

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kennel2 street gutter, XVI. Later form of can(n)el watercourse (XIII), gutter (XIV) — ONF. canel = OF. chanel CHANNEL1.

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