valance (redirected from valenced)

val·ance  (vlns, vlns)

n.

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.

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[Middle English.]

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valance [ˈvæləns]

n

(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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val•ance (ˈvæl əns, ˈveɪ ləns)

n.

1. a short ornamental piece of drapery, wood, metal, etc., placed across the top of a window.

2. a short curtain or piece of drapery hung from the edge of a canopy, the frame of a bed, etc.

[1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Valence, French city noted for cloth-making]

val′anced, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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