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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun valance has 1 sense
- valance(n = noun.artifact) cornice, pelmet, valance board - a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing; Array is a kind of framework
CIDE DICTIONARY
valance, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descend (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in France.].
- Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. [1913 Webster]"Valance of Venice gold in needlework." [1913 Webster]
- The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed. [1913 Webster]
valance, v. t.
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. [1913 Webster]
"His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
valance, n. (also valence) a short curtain round the frame or canopy of a bedstead, above a window, or under a shelf.
Derivative
valanced adj.
Etymology
ME ult. f. OF avaler descend: see VAIL
THESAURUS
valance
beading, binding, bordering, bordure, edging, fimbria, fimbriation, flounce, frill, frilling, fringe, furbelow, galloon, hem, list, motif, ruffle, selvage, skirting, trimming, weltROGET THESAURUS
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Edge
N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.
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