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

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

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

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.

It is the intention of the first consul gradually to unkennel this clattering race of females, when it can be done with safety.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir