valance

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvæləns/

Noun

valance (plural valances)

1. A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
   • 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)

     Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.

2. A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
3. (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor.
4. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Synonyms

• (bedding) dust ruffle, bedskirt

Translations

• Russian: сваг

Translations

• Russian: по́лог

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