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jess (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
.