Middle English Dictionary Entry
kenel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kenel n. Also kenell(e. |
| Etymology | Cp. ML canīle & F (16th cent.) chenil. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A building in which the hounds are kept, a dog house; also, a place in a room for the dog to lie down; ~ dore; (b) a pack of hunting dogs; (c) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1301) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 9/27 [OD col.] : Kenillis.
- (1316) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.94 : [A round house called] Le kenyl.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.72 : [Thomas West, knight, committed waste..in a building called] kenell.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1140 : Þenne þise cacheres þat couþe, cowpled hor houndez, Vnclosed þe kenel dore & calde hem þeroute.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)70 : The houndeskenel shuld be of x fadmys of lengthe and v of brede..a faire grene where the sonn shyneþ al þe day..of þe same lengthe and brede þat þe houndes kenel is of.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)101 : Þus shuld..þe gromes lede home þe houndes and sende afore þat þe kenel be clene.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)271 : Kenel for howndys: Cantularium, cubile, canicularium.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)229/7 : Þe kyng of Albany sent hym ij of þies hundes, and þe tane of þaim..wald eate no meat, in his kenell þer he lay.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.614 : To be coupled with suche oon [vr. doggis] in a kenell were better.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)98 : When the Grehounde had I-slawe þe serpent, he yede to his kenell..and likkid his wounde.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)803/17 : Hec cubicila: a kenelle.
b
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A kenylle of raches.
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)232 : A mewte, a pakke, & a kenell of houndes.
c
- (1302-3) Feudal Aids 1195 : Petrus de Kennel.