different between valiance vs valance

English

Alternative forms

• valiaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English valiaunce, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunce and Old French vaillance.

Noun

valiance (usually uncountable, plural valiances)

1. The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.

Related terms

• pot-valiant
• valiantly
• valiantness
• valiant
• valor

Translations

Anagrams

• Valencia, valencia

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