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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)

  1. 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.
  2. A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
  3. (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.
  4. 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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trimming

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t??m??/

Noun

trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
    Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
  2. (countable) An instance of that act or process.
    I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
  3. (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.
  4. (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 […].”
  5. An accessory or accompaniment.
    Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
  6. (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
    to give a boy a trimming

Verb

trimming

  1. present participle of trim
    I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.

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