Brewer's: Kennel

A dog's house, from the Latin canis (a dog), Italian canile; but kennel (a gutter), from the Latin canna (a cane, whence canalis), our canal, channel, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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