KENNELLING

KENNEL

kennel

(verb) put up in a kennel; “kennel a dog”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

kennelling

present participle of kennel

Source: Wiktionary


KENNEL

Ken"nel, n. Etym: [See Channel, Canal.]

Definition: The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.

Ken"nel, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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