Valance

['væl(ə)ns] or ['væləns]

(n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.

(n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

(v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

Editor: Will

n. hanging drapery for a bed &c.—also Val′ence.—v.t. to decorate with such.

Typed by Dewey