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valance

[ val-uhns, vey-luhns ]

noun

  1. a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
  2. a short ornamental piece of drapery placed across the top of a window.


valance

/ ˈvæləns /

noun

  1. a short piece of drapery hung along a shelf, canopy, or bed, or across a window, to hide structural detail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈvalanced, adjective
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Other Words From

  • valanced adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of valance1

1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Valence, French city noted for cloth-making
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Word History and Origins

Origin of valance1

C15: perhaps named after Valence , France, town noted for its textiles
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Example Sentences

Concealed with a valance or recessed into the cabinets, they can illuminate the entire length of a counter while remaining hidden from view.

Working with her sister, a seamstress, she made a textile valance for the ceiling and added long curtains on a concealed rod that can wrap the sleeping spaces in fabric.

For a clean, custom look, Arnold sometimes likes to hide the curtain rod or track by tucking it behind a valance or crown molding.

After surveying their distorted bodies and their impossible reflections in mirrors, my eye wanders off to the framing apparatuses of lavish curtains and valance.

The studio quietly held it in storage after wrapping production on the original in 2014, with its upholstered valances and window blinds still intact.

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