val|ance

val|ance
val|ance «VAL uhns», noun.
1. a short, decorative drapery over the top of a window.
2. a short curtain, such as one hanging from the canopy of a bed or from the mattress to the floor: »

An iron bedstead (no valance of course), and hair mattress (Florence Nightingale).

[probably < unrecorded Anglo-French valance < Old French avaler to descend; see etym. under vail1 (Cf.vail)]

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