jesses
Meaning of jesses
plural noun
a short leather strap that is fastened round each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached.
verb, 3rd person present
put jesses on (a hawk).
Middle English: from Old French ges, based on Latin jactus ‘a throw’, from jacere ‘to throw’.
Information about jesses
- The singular form of jesses is: jesse.
- Languages in which jesses is used:
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Hyphenation of jesses
jesses
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- jesses is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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