Valance

//ˈvæləns//

"Valance" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.

Mortally insulted, Jasper went under the couch, where he remained with only his nose showing beneath the valance, emitting little world-weary groans at intervals, and refusing to come out for cake.

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