jess
noun
a short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk and attached to the leash.
jessed
-
a word derived from
jess.
Example Sentences
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“I’m at the Delhi Bridge. There’s a jessed falcon on the bow. What do you make of that?”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
I guess Frightful’s young would be put at hack, but not jessed and leashed when they learned to hunt.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
This falcon flew straightway into the chamber, jessed and hooded from the glove, and came where the dame was seated.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
So we jālled sig ’dusta parl the bor, an’ gavered our kokeros odöi adrée the pūv till the rye had jessed avree.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Charles Godfrey Leland
On his hawking glove is a hawk, hooded and jessed.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
