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.
valances
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pluralof valance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That level of period detail extends to Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper, ball-trim swag valances and wall air vents laser-cut in Moorish patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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 ● Jan. 18, 2022
For the past 28 years, these floor-to-ceiling curtains with blue banding and six curved Empire valances, installed on Clinton’s Inauguration Day, have garnered bipartisan support.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2021
The Great Chamber bedroom features cushioned window seats, a lovely canopy bed with yellow valances highlighted in red and green, and a wooden highboy.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
The valances and bed-curtains ought to be removed, and there should be as little furniture in the room as possible.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse
