noun
or bew·et ˈbyüə̇t
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English bewette, from Middle French buie, beue fetter (from Latin bojae, plural, neck-collar, from (assumed) Greek boeiai, from feminine plural of boeios of an ox, from bous ox, cow) + Middle English -ette -et — more at cow
: a slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's leg in falconry