bewit
noun
bew·it
ˈbyü-ət
variants or bewet
ˈbyü-ət
plural -s
: a slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's leg in falconry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bewette, from Middle French buie, beue fetter (from Latin bojae, plural, neck-collar, from (assumed) Greek boeiai, from feminine plural of boeios of an ox, from bous ox, cow) + Middle English -ette -et
- to-name
- to-occipital fissure
- to-ovo vegetarian
- to-side
- to-veg
- to-year
- to/by all (outward) appearances
- to/till/until the end of time
- to/until the bitter end
- toa
- Toa Alta
- Toa Baja
- toad
- toad bug
- toad crab
- toad lily
- toad rush
- toad snatcher
- toad sorrel
- toad spit
- toad spittle
- toad spot
- toad's sorrel
- toad's-cheese
- toad's-cheeses