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What (who) is valance - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Valance (disambiguation)
Valance
·vt To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
II. Valance ·noun The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
III. Valance ·noun Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
valance
['val(?)ns]
(also valence)
¦ noun a length of decorative drapery attached to the canopy or frame of a bed to screen the structure or space beneath it.
?a sheet with a gathered border designed to hang down over the mattress and sides of a bed.
?chiefly N. Amer. a length of decorative drapery screening the curtain fittings above a window.
Derivatives
valanced adjective
Origin
ME: perh. Anglo-Norman Fr., from a shortened form of OFr. avaler (see vail).
valance
(valances)
1.
A valance is a piece of cloth that hangs down over the sides of a bed in order to make it look nice.
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2.
A valance is a long narrow piece of wood or fabric which is fitted at the top of a window for decoration and to hide the curtain rail. (AM; in BRIT, use pelmet
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Examples of use of valance
1. BMW M’s signature quad exhaust pipes protrude from the restyled rear valance.
2. It was covered in the UK by Welsh singer Ricky Valance the same year and topped the charts. 20.
3. Hunt secretary Robert Valance said the hunt would be watched closely by Thames Valley police and urged hunters to hunt within the law.
4. That shows how people feel." Robert Valance, the hunt secretary, said that the hunt would be watched closely by Thames Valley police and urged hunters to hunt within the law.
5. "Wayne loved him and admired him and had enormous respect for him, even though Ford was mean to him most of the time," said filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, who was at Cannes and contributes audio commentary in a new DVD set for the restored "Searchers." "Jimmy Stewart (Wayne‘s co–star in ‘Liberty Valance‘) said they were like father and son.