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valance
English
Alternative forms
- valaunce (obsolete)
- valence
- vallance (obsolete)
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Probably from Anglo-Norman valaunce, valence, from valer (“go down, let down”), aphetic form of Old French avaler (“to descend, go down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væl?ns/
- Rhymes: -æl?ns
Noun
valance (plural valances)
- A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
- (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from beneath the mattress to the floor used to conceal the boxspring or space under the bed and prevent dust from accumulating there.
- The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Synonyms
- (bedding): dust ruffle, bedskirt, bed ruffle
Derived terms
- valanced
Translations
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skirting
English
Verb
skirting
- present participle of skirt
Noun
skirting (countable and uncountable, plural skirtings)
- Skirting boards collectively.
- skirts collectively; material for skirts
- The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
- 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
- […] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]
- 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
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- striking
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