KENNEL  , a small hut or shelter for a

dog, also extended to a group of buildings for a pack of hounds (see DoG) . The word is apparently from a Norman-French kenil (this form does not occur, but is seen in the Norman kinet, a little dog), modern French chenil, from popular Latin canile, place for a dog, canis, cf. ovile, sheep-cote . The word " kennel," a gutter, a drain in a street or road, is a corruption of the Middle English canel, cannel, in- modern English " channel," from Latin canalis, canal .