valance
Americannoun
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a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
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a short ornamental piece of drapery placed across the top of a window.
noun
Other Word Forms
- valanced adjective
Etymology
Origin of valance
1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Valence, French city noted for cloth-making
Example Sentences
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Concealed with a valance or recessed into the cabinets, they can illuminate the entire length of a counter while remaining hidden from view.
From Seattle Times
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.
From Seattle Times
For a clean, custom look, Arnold sometimes likes to hide the curtain rod or track by tucking it behind a valance or crown molding.
From Seattle Times
After surveying their distorted bodies and their impossible reflections in mirrors, my eye wanders off to the framing apparatuses of lavish curtains and valance.
From New York Times
The studio quietly held it in storage after wrapping production on the original in 2014, with its upholstered valances and window blinds still intact.
From Los Angeles Times
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