Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - kennel

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English kenel, from Anglo-French *kenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile, from Latin canis dog — more at hound  Date: 14th century  1.  a. a shelter for a dog or cat  b. an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs or cats  2. a pack of dogs  II. verb  (-neled or -nelled; -neling or -nelling)  Date: 1552  intransitive verb to take shelter in or as if in a ~  transitive verb to put or keep in or as if in a ~  III. noun  Etymology: alteration of cannel gutter  Date: 15th century a gutter in a street