valance.

A short curtain or hanging strip used to cover the top of a window treatment or the lower edge of a bed.

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Words that belong together

• window valance
• bed valance

On the page

A faded valance edged the window.

The bed valance brushed the floor.

She replaced the torn window valance.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular valance; plural valances. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.