kennelry

Noun

kennelry (plural kennelries)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of kennel (place).
   • Pursuing our homeward journey four or five miles we descried a long row of cabins after the style of a Mormon’s wife kennelry. Another lady of the party of persuasive eloquence volunteered to assist in imploring of the inmates shelter for the night. But the queen of the cabins had only one bed...1880 October 30, Refugee [pseudonym], “Colorado Correspondence”, in The Rock Island Argus, volume XXX, number 17, Rock Island, Ill., published 5 November 1880, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [4], column 5
   • “How about this? ‘Owner going abroad wishes to sell wire-haired terrier-breeding kennelry.’” […] She read out the advertisement. The Frampton Kennelries were five miles from Horsham.1933 November 9, Renee Shann, “Girl about Town”, in Daily Mirror, number 9,348, London, →OCLC, page 19, column 1

   Synonyms:

   kennel

2. (rare) Synonym of kennel (collective).
   • He is convinced that the aristocracy stands in the way of the development of the rights of man, and he says so unflinchingly, though he be howled at as an ill-mannered demagogue by the whole kennelry of gorged aristocracy, and of their fawning minions.1884 October 17, a “J” Pen [pseudonym; David Lloyd George], “Nota Bene’s”, in North Wales Observer and Express […], volume VII, number 376, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, →OCLC, page 5, column 3
   • Frank was fourteen years old and had both shepherd and bulldog blood in his veins. He probably found a quiet satisfaction in the fact that his successor at the courthouse proved incompetent and lasted not over a year. In the annals of kennelry Frank should belong to the ages.1903 July 18, “Landmark at Courthouse Gone”, in Wisconsin State Journal, last edition, volume 101, number 93, Madison, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2

   Synonyms:

   kennel