Plural of 'bes,' an archaic or dialect term for a ravine, hollow, or low-lying marshy area.
From Old English 'bæss' meaning valley or hollow; related to Germanic roots describing depressed or sunken terrain.
The word 'besses' appears in British place names and geology texts as a technical term for natural drainage basins, showing how ancient landscape vocabulary got preserved in scientific fields.
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