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

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)

"Come on, my lads!" vociferated Blueskin, "we'll unkennel the old fox."

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

But, earth them as they will, I shall unkennel them, and from their holes Drag them to light and justice.”

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

Not a man in the county could ride harder, hunt deer, unkennel fox, unearth badger, or spear otter, better than he.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison