1. fitted with jesses (leather straps attached to the legs of a hawk or falcon for control)
Usage: falconry

Examples

• The jessed falcon perched calmly on the falconer’s glove.
• Only jessed birds of prey were allowed in the demonstration.
• The medieval manuscript showed a jessed hawk on a nobleman’s arm.
• Training began with getting the bird accustomed to being jessed.
• The jessed peregrine falcon was ready for its first hunt.