Thesaurus: valance

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1. n. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
2. n. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
3. v. t. To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
4. n. a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
5. 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.] Valance of Venice gold in needlework. Shak. 2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed. To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs. Sterne.
6. To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings ordrapery.His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worstedbobs. Sterne.
7. n:100 n a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing