Kennel
['ken(ə)l] or ['kɛnl]
Definition
(noun.) outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog.
(verb.) put up in a kennel; 'kennel a dog'.
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.
(n.) A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
(n.) A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.
(n.) The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
(v. i.) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
(v. t.) To put or keep in a kennel.
Checked by Edmond
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dog-house.[2]. Pack of hounds.[3]. Hole (of a wild animal), haunt.[4]. Gutter.
v. n. Dwell (as a dog), lodge, harbor, take shelter.
Edited by Brent
Definition
n. a house for dogs: a pack of hounds: the hole of a fox &c.: a haunt.—v.t. to keep in a kennel.—v.i. to live in a kennel:—pr.p. kenn′elling; pa.p. kenn′elled.
n. the water-course of a street: a gutter.
Typed by Carolyn
Examples
- This the master horse observed by my behaviour, and therefore sent the _Yahoo_ back to his kennel. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The kennel was stagnant and filthy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The mildewy inside of the coach, with its damp and dirty straw, its disagreeable smell, and its obscurity, was rather like a larger dog-kennel. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I think he dares not betray me--at the worst I can but treat with these Saxon dogs whom I have safe in kennel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He turned away, laughing at the astonishment of the men in the yard, and the dog crept back meekly to his kennel. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Presently I heard Pilot bark far below, out of his distant kennel in the courtyard: hope revived. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The old dog always comes out of his kennel and wags his tail, and whines affectionately when somebody passes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Your man persuaded me to come out at last by saying the dog was chained up in his kennel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels were overflowing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- However, the rain soon cooled them down again: they lapped a drop of water each, and crept back into their kennels. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I went out into the yard, and, being hard up for a little cheerful society, set my chair by the kennels, and talked to the dogs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The unbelieving dog, answered Anwold, kennels in the cell next your holiness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Pedro