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jess

[ jes ]
/ dʒɛs /
Falconry.
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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).

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Origin of jess

1300–50; Middle English ges < Old French ges, gez, getz (nominative) (get oblique > French jet; cf. jet1) ≪ Latin jactus a throwing, equivalent to jac(ere) to throw + -tus suffix of v. action

Definition for jess (2 of 2)

Jess

[ jes ]
/ dʒɛs /

noun

a male or female given name, form of Jesse, Jessie, or Jessica.
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British Dictionary definitions for jess

jess

/ (dʒɛs) falconry /

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)
Derived Formsjessed, adjective

Word Origin for jess

C14: from Old French ges, from Latin jactus a throw, from jacere to throw
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for jess

jess

n.

leg-strap used in hawking and falconry, mid-14c., from Old French jes "straps fastened round the legs of a falcon," plural of jet, literally "cast, throw," from Latin iactus "a throw, cast," from iacere (see jet (v.)). Related: Jesses.

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