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

• shingling
• shingly
• Shingon
• shininess
• shining
• shining clubmoss
• Shining Path
• shining sumac
• shining willow
• shinleaf
• shinney
• shinny
• shinpad
• shinplaster
• Shinto
• Shintoism
• Shintoist
• Shintoistic
• shinty
• shiny
• shiny lyonia
• ship
• ship biscuit
• ship broker
• ship canal