kennel
noun /ˈkenl/
/ˈkenl/
- (North American English doghouse)a small shelter for a dog to sleep inTopics Animalsc2
- (usually kennels)[countable + singular or plural verb] a place where people can leave their dogs to be taken care of when they go on holiday; a place where dogs are kept in order to produce young
- in kennels We put the dog in kennels when we go away.
see also boarding kennel
Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French chenil, from Latin canis ‘dog’.