valance
a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
a short ornamental piece of drapery placed across the top of a window.
Origin of valance
1Other words from valance
- valanced, adjective
Words that may be confused with valance
- valance , valence
Words Nearby valance
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How to use valance in a sentence
Bits of shiny carbon fiber help to stabilize the vehicle at higher speeds, including a lengthened roof spoiler and a new aerodynamic lower rear valance.
Check out Aston Martin’s insanely powerful new SUV | Rob Stumpf | February 5, 2022 | Popular-ScienceStarting at the front valance, the raw carbon look advances down the side of the DBX707, notably making up the sill, or rocker panel, which has been reshaped to better move air around the rear wheel.
Check out Aston Martin’s insanely powerful new SUV | Rob Stumpf | February 5, 2022 | Popular-ScienceAt this point Marvin gives his Liberty valance smile, the kind that makes you wish you could disintegrate in front of him.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the legend becomes fact,” a journalist says of Wayne in The Man Who Shot Liberty valance, “we print the legend.
A New Biography Shows That ‘John Wayne’ Was His Own Best Creation | Christopher Bray | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo Sara Lee got into her white bed with the dotted Swiss valance, and drew the covers to her chin, and looked a scant sixteen.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
But, as no assignable sense has been found for valance, I can only suppose that it is an error for falance or fallance.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerChristina looked along his arm, along the lifted revolver, to what was now only a dark opening in the valance.
"Persons Unknown" | Virginia TracyHe still stood with his back to her, and, from under his bent brows, his glance shot up and found the parting of the valance.
"Persons Unknown" | Virginia TracyIt had high posts and curtains and valance of pale-blue flowered chintz.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for valance
/ (ˈvæləns) /
a short piece of drapery hung along a shelf, canopy, or bed, or across a window, to hide structural detail
Origin of valance
1Derived forms of valance
- valanced, adjective
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