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valance definition

val·ance (val′əns, vā′ləns)

noun

  1. a short drapery or curtain hanging from the edge of a bed, shelf, table, etc., often to the floor
  2. a short drapery or facing of wood or metal across the top of a window, concealing curtain rods, etc.

Etymology: ME, after ? Valence, center for textile manufacturing

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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