kenneling

Verb

kennel (third-person singular simple present kennels, present participle (US) kenneling or (UK) kennelling, simple past and past participle (US) kenneled or (UK) kennelled)

1. (transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
   • While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
2. (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
   • Truth's a dog must to kennel;c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, scene 4
3. (transitive) 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...1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion

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