Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Valance \Val"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Valanced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Valancing}.]
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or
drapery.
[1913 Webster]
His old fringed chair valanced around with
party-colored worsted bobs. --Sterne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Valance \Val"ance\, 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.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like,
especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the
bed to the floor. [Written also {valence}.]
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Valance of Venice gold in needlework. --Shak.
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2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers
the joint when the lid is closed.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valance
n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the
top of a window casing [syn: {cornice}, {valance}, {valance
board}, {pelmet}]
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