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valance

[val-uhns, vey-luhns] / ˈvæl əns, ˈveɪ ləns /




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For a clean, custom look, Arnold sometimes likes to hide the curtain rod or track by tucking it behind a valance or crown molding.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

After surveying their distorted bodies and their impossible reflections in mirrors, my eye wanders off to the framing apparatuses of lavish curtains and valance.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Hybridization is introduced to explain the geometry of bonding orbitals in valance bond theory.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Model ships and colored onion lamps, as well as the valance scalloped like waves that frames the waterfront view, affirm the maritime theme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 3, 2018

That this less solid manner was not confined to the far East is shown by the Venetian valance, B, on the lower part of the page, which has very much the appearance of gold lace.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary




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