a. [f. JESS sb. or v. + -ED.] Of a hawk: Furnished with or wearing jesses; in Her. having the jesses of a specified tincture.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xx. (1611), 161. He beareth Sable, a Goshawke Argent … armed Iessed and belled.
1766. Porny, Heraldry (1777), Dict., Jessed, this is said of a Hawk or any other Bird, whose Jesses … are of a Tincture different from the rest.
1877. Ruskin, Fors Clav., VII. lxxv. 78. You will like better to see the eagle free than the jessed hawk.
1882. Cussans, Handbk. Her., vi. (ed. 3), 92. When the Jesses, or straps with which the bells were attached, are Flotant, or hanging loose, they are Belled and Jessed.
