Associations to the word «Valance»

Wiktionary

VALANCE, noun. Short curtain that hangs along the top edge of a window.
VALANCE, noun. A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
VALANCE, noun. (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor.
VALANCE, noun. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Dictionary definition

VALANCE, noun. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope