Jess (falconry) the bird, but the width is proportional to leg-length. Traditional jesses are made from a single length of leather, and slits are placed strategically along the jess to allow it to be looped through itself and around the ankle of the bird so that it fits comfortably but securely about and just above what would be the bird's ankle. With Aylmeri jesses, as created by Major Guy Aylmeri, the end of the jess is instead looped through itself repeatedly to form a "button", or knob at one end. The thin, pliable end of the jess is then threaded through an
Names given to the Spanish language on words "Castilian"/"castellan" in the novel "Don Quixote" (Chapter 2). The region was thus named because it was a frontier land controlled from a series of fortified castles. It shared borders with rival Moorish Spain (to the south) and the Christian kingdoms of Leon (to the west) and Navarre and Aragon (to the east). While "espanyol" is used in Standard Philippine and other languages of the Philippines, the word "kastilà" is more frequently used. Furthermore "katsila" is also used among those who speak Visayan languages, such as Cebuano. During the presence of Moors in Hispania, Spanish was sometimes given the