jesses

noun

1. a short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk and attached to the leash.

verb (used with object)

2. to put jesses on (a hawk).

noun

1. the father of David. I Sam. 16.
2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God exists.”

noun

1. a male or female given name, form of Jesse, Jessie, or Jessica.

noun

1. a short leather strap, one end of which is permanently attached to the leg of a hawk or falcon while the other can be attached to a leash

verb

2. (tr) to put jesses on (a hawk or falcon)

noun

1. Old Testament the father of David (I Samuel 16)

masc. proper name, biblical father of David, from Latin, from Greek Iessai, from Hebrew Yishay, of unknown origin.

n.

leg-strap used in hawking and falconry, mid-14c., from Old French jes “straps fastened round the legs of a falcon,” plural of jet, literally “cast, throw,” from Latin iactus “a throw, cast,” from iacere (see jet (v.)). Related: Jesses.