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valance

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
valance /ˈval(ə)ns/ (also valence)

▶noun a length of decorative drapery attached to the canopy or frame of a bed to screen the structure or space beneath it.

■ a sheet with a gathered border designed to hang down over the mattress and sides of a bed.

■ chiefly N. Amer. a length of decorative drapery screening the curtain fittings above a window.

– derivatives
valanced adjective.

– origin ME: perh. Anglo-Norman Fr., from a shortened form of OFr. avaler (see vail).

'valance' also found in these Oxford entries:

bedskirt - valence

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