Usually means: Decorative drapery above window frame.
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  1. valance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. valance: Merriam-Webster
  3. valance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. valance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. valance: Collins English Dictionary
  6. valance: Vocabulary.com
  7. Valance, valance: Wordnik
  8. valance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. valance: Wiktionary
  10. valance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. valance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. valance: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. valance: Dictionary.com
  14. valance: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Valance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Valance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. valance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. valance: Rhymezone
  19. Valance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. valance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. valance: FreeDictionary.org
  22. valance: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. valance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. valance: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. valance: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
noun:  A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
noun:  A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from a bed, from beneath the mattress to the floor, used to conceal the box spring or space under the bed and prevent dust from accumulating there.
noun:  A short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the legs of a couch, sofa, etc.
noun:  (automotive) A low-hanging auto body panel, below a front or rear bumper, whose purpose is aerodynamic and decorative but not structural (often valance panel).
noun:  The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

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