Sekirov Dictionary

kennel

/ˈkɛn.əl/

noun 6
verb 3
forms 5

noun6

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A house or shelter for a dog.
- – We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor.
•
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
- The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
- She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
•
(UK) The dogs kept at a dog-boarding facility; a pack of hounds.
- A little herd of England's timorous deer, / Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs! — 1591
The hole of a fox or other animal.
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(no longer used) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
- Ay, kennel, puddle, sink, whose filth and dirt / Troubles the silver spring where England drinks […]. — 1591
(no longer used) A puddle.

verb3

•
To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
- While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
•
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
- Truth's a dog must to kennel — 1603
To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

forms

kenneled · kennelled · kenneling · kennelling · kennels

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