different between valance vs trimming
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
valance From the web:
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- valence electrons
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- valence mean
- what's valance lighting
- valence band
- what does valence mean
trimming
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??m??/
Noun
trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:
- “You must know I commissioned a particular friend of mine, Miss Moffat, to buy me a trimming when she went to Paris […].”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
- (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
- to give a boy a trimming
Verb
trimming
- present participle of trim
- I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
trimming From the web:
- what trimming means
- what trimmings go with roast beef
- what trimmings go with turkey
- what trimmings go with gammon
- what trimmings go with goose
- what trimmings go with steak
- what trimmings go with roast lamb
- what trimmings go with roast chicken
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