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

• lady's tobacco
• lady's tresses
• lady's-eardrop
• lady's-eardrops
• lady's-finger
• lady-in-waiting
• lady-of-the-night
• lady-slipper
• ladybeetle
• ladybird
• ladybird beetle
• ladybug
• ladyfinger
• ladyfish
• ladylike
• ladylikeness
• ladylove
• Ladyship
• laelia
• Laertes
• laetrile
• laevo-
• laevorotatary
• laevorotatory
• laevulose