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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Valance

· Val·ance · IPA /ˈvæləns/
01 n. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
  1. 1.
    Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
    “Valance of Venice gold in needlework.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
02 v. t. To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
imp. & p. p. Valanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Valancing
  1. 1.
    To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
    “His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs.” — Sterne.