unkennel

American  

[uhn-ken-l] / ʌnˈkɛn l /

verb (used with object)

unkenneled, unkenneling, unkennelled, unkennelling

1. to drive (a fox or other animal) from a den or lair.

2. to release from or as if from a kennel.

   to unkennel hounds before a hunt; to unkennel a gang of cutthroats.

3. to make known; disclose or uncover.

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verb (used without object)

unkenneled, unkenneling, unkennelled, unkennelling

1. to come out of a kennel, den, lair, or the like.

unkennel British  

/ ʌnˈkɛnəl /

verb

1. to release from a kennel

2. to drive from a hole or lair

3. rare to bring to light

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Etymology

Origin of unkennel

First recorded in 1570–80; un- ² + kennel ¹

Example Sentences

I 'll unkennel one example more for thee.

From The White Devil by Webster, John

Some readers are misled by the words in the latter passage: if his occulted guilt Do not itself unkennel in one speech, It is a damned ghost that we have seen.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)

Here, here, here be my keys: ascend my chambers; search, seek, find out: I’ll warrant we’ll unkennel the fox.

From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

Keep your secret, if you please, but, if you provoke me, I will trace it out; I will unkennel you.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore

When they unkennel a lion or a tiger, they pursue him till he stops to defend himself.

From Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits by Landseer, T.