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Word: Valance
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: perhaps Anglo-Norman French, from a shortened form of Old French avaler ‘descend’ (see vail)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvaləns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a length of decorative drapery attached to the canopy or frame of a bed in order to screen the structure or the space beneath it.
Short Definition:length of decorative drapery attached to canopy or frame of bed
Variant Forms:
- valence
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