n.
- a small shelter for a dog.
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(kennels)
[treated as sing. or pl.]
a boarding or breeding establishment for dogs.
v.
(kennels, kennelling, kennelled; US kennels, kenneling, kenneled)
put or keep (a dog) in a kennel or kennels.
Etymology
ME: from an Old North. Fr. var. of OFr. chenil, from L. canis ‘dog’.