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jess
1[ jes ]
noun
- a short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk and attached to the leash.
verb (used with object)
- to put jesses on (a hawk).
jess
/ dʒɛs /
noun
- a short leather strap, one end of which is permanently attached to the leg of a hawk or falcon while the other can be attached to a leash
verb
- tr to put jesses on (a hawk or falcon)
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Derived Forms
- jessed, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jess1
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Example Sentences
But she surprised the test pilots—there were three, the chief test pilot Jack Waddell, Wygle and Jess Wallick.
“The progressive movement knows how critical adding more Democratic women to our government is,” said spokeswoman Jess McIntosh.
I met Ned 10 years ago when we were all living together—him, Jess, and I—out in L.A., and Ned had been writing this.
Chastain: No, but Jess [Weixler] told me you had some wild night out with dancing?
You were also on a great episode of New Girl where the gang plays “True American” and Nick and Jess kiss.
Jess had been used to these unpleasant occasions ever since she was a very little girl.
But, as Jess had told her mother, that blue party dress had become impossible.
Just then Jess was aroused from her brown 15 study by hearing somebody calling breathlessly after her.
But to herself Jess Morse thought: And it would mean the difference, for mother and me, between penury and independence!
Thank you, Griff, Jess heard herself saying to the younger Vandergriff, as he packed her modest order in the basket.
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