kennel

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.

1. 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 […].”

   “[A] scavenger working in the kennel”

2. A puddle.

verb

Etymology: PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

1. To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).

   “While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.”

2. To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

   “Truth's a dog must to kennel;”

   “The Dog Kennell'd in the Body of a Hollow Tree, and the Cock Roosted at night upon the Boughs.”

3. To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

   “This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.”