valance

val·ance (v

ns, v

ns)

1. An ornamental drapery hung across a top edge, as of a bed, table, or canopy.

2. A short drapery, decorative board, or metal strip mounted especially across the top of a window to conceal structural fixtures.

tr.v. val·anced, val·anc·ing, val·anc·es

To supply with valances or a valance.

[Middle English.]

valance [ˈvæləns]

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a short piece of drapery hung along a shelf, canopy, or bed, or across a window, to hide structural detail

[perhaps named after Valence, France, town noted for its textiles]

valanced adj

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Noun

valance - a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

cornice, pelmet, valance board

framework - a structure supporting or containing something

Translations

valance [ˈvæləns] N (on bed) → cenefa f; (on curtains) [of wood] → galería f; [of fabric] → cenefa f

valance [ˈvæləns] n [bed] → tour m de lit

valance

n (round bed frame) → Volant m; (on window) → Querbehang m, → Schabracke f; (wooden) → Blende f; (US: = pelmet) → Zierleiste f

valance [ˈvæləns] n → volant m inv, balza

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When young Amory de Valance was here last Lammastide he looked kindly upon the girl, and even spoke of taking her into his service.

The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

The farther end of the room was completely filled by a four-post bedstead, with a scalloped valance for decoration.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

Large valances of silk, embroidered with flowers of gay colors, which were rather faded, fell from the wide windows; the fittings of the room were simple, but in excellent taste.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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