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

• perspicuously
• perspicuousness
• perspiration
• perspiratory
• perspire
• perspirer
• perspiring
• persuadable
• persuade
• persuader
• persuasible
• persuasion
• persuasive
• persuasively
• persuasiveness
• pert
• pertain
• pertainym
• Perth
• pertinacious
• pertinaciously
• pertinaciousness
• pertinacity
• pertinence
• pertinency