kennel
noun
a house or shelter for a dog or a cat.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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He saw into her hold,—a horrible place of stench and filth and darkness,—a place where hounds would not have kenneled.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston