valance
IPA: vˈæɫʌns
noun
- A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
- A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
- A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from a bed, from beneath the mattress to the floor, used to conceal the box spring or space under the bed and prevent dust from accumulating there.
- A short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the legs of a couch, sofa, etc.
- (automotive) A low-hanging auto body panel, below a front or rear bumper, whose purpose is aerodynamic and decorative but not structural (often valance panel).
- The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
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Examples of "valance" in Sentences
- I'd like to have valances on these new windows.
- A novel valance support is disclosed and described.
- It is seen to have both ethnic and political valance.
- The valance also serves to visually shorten the windows.
- The cyborg in question was a bounty hunter named Valance.
- The bracket also provides for attaching a valance thereover.
- Above these figures is a valance of beads hanging in festoons.
- A valance was fitted over the valve gear on the front platform.
- She also dressed up the living room with a swag valance to soften the look.
- Eat Pray Love valance and ponder the oft-asked question: Where does the word valance come from?
- [2.2] A valance is a short piece of drapery that extends across the window to conceal the support rods.
- Mirror in the Style of Serge Roche, estimate $500-$800 There are some very personal things, like a trompe l'oeil painted curtain valance.
- The reasons for this sloppiness in rear-end design is attributable to a number of factors including cost cutting installing a valance as a cover-up would cost more.
- The valance is the fringes or drapery hanging round the tester of a bed.] [Footnote II. 55: _Com'st thou to beard me_] To _beard_ anciently meant to set _at defiance_.
- The 6-inch ruffle on Lillibeth's dress, was a cotton eyelet curtain valance we had kept in a drawer with laces because we had no use for it but thought it might be useful for some stitchery item some day.
- The drapery which thus hangs down is dignified by the name of a "valance," and though originally intended for the purpose of embellishment and ornamentation, it is better that decorative art should be more limited in its application, so as not to interfere with the free circulation of air throughout the room.
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