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Valance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The fringes of drapery hanging round the tester and head of a bed.

Valance [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To decorate with hanging fringes.

Valance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Valance [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

Valanced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913