1. A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used

Derived forms: jesses

Encyclopedia: Jess

• haemopoietic
• haemoproteid
• Haemoproteidae
• haemoprotein
• Haemoproteus
• haemoptysis
• haemorrhage
• haemorrhagic
• haemorrhagic cyst
• haemorrhagic fever
• haemorrhagic septicemia
• haemorrhagic stroke
• haemorrhoid
• haemorrhoidal vein
• haemorrhoidectomy
• haemosiderin
• haemosiderosis
• Haemosporidia
• haemosporidian
• haemostasia
• haemostasis
• haemostat
• haemostatic
• haemothorax
• Haemulidae