valance
noun
a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
valanced
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a word derived from
valance.
Example Sentences
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When it comes to regional and nationalistic nomenclature, Dr. Kawahara said that these kinds of names “definitely, definitely” lead to a more emotionally valanced perception of species.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
The walls had been paneled with varnished pine board in which the knots shone luminously; Susan Marie’s curtains were of a clean, smooth yellow, tied off crisply behind careful bows, ruffled, valanced, and undertiered.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
An old set-stitch’d chair, valanced and fringed around with party-coloured worsted bobs, stood at the bed’s head, opposite to the side where my father’s head reclined.—My uncle Toby sat him down in it.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
This heterogeneous and swarming city, planted in ruined fields whose straight or winding ruts are stiffening in the heat, is already broadly valanced with rubbish and dung.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
An old set-stitch'd chair, valanced and fringed around with party coloured worsted bobs, stood at the bed's head, opposite to the side where my father's head reclined.—My uncle Toby sat him down in it.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
