a strap for fastening around a falcon's leg, with a ring at one end for attaching a leash
also sp. jesse
Origin of jess
Middle English ges from Old French gies, gets, plural (see jet): from its use in letting a hawk fly to fasten jesses on
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jess
noun
A short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk or other bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
transitive verb
jessed, jess·ing, jess·esTo put jesses or a jess on (a hawk, for example).
Origin of jess
Middle English ges from Old French pl. of jet something thrown from Vulgar Latin iectus alteration of Latin iactus past participle of iacere to throw ; see yē- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural jesses)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present jesses, present participle jessing, simple past and past participle jessed)
Origin
From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.
Noun
(plural jesses)
Origin
From Middle English, from Middle French jaiet, from Latin gagates 'throw', from Gagas (a town and river in Asia Min).
Proper noun
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