Definitions for valance

valance val·ance

Spelling: [val-uh ns, vey-luh ns]
IPA: /ˈvæl əns, ˈveɪ ləns/

Valance is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in valance (aacelnv).

Definitions for valance

noun

  1. a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
  2. a short ornamental piece of drapery placed across the top of a window.

Origin of valance

1400-50; late Middle English; perhaps after Valence, French city noted for cloth-making

Examples for valance

He sat kicking his heels against the valance of the bed, and thinking.

The dull, black, frowsy outline of the valance above me was within an inch of being parallel with his waist.

Christina looked along his arm, along the lifted revolver, to what was now only a dark opening in the valance.

valance, s. (possibly) sign of Zodiac opposite the mansion of a planet, 4.

Make a valance of the same material, gathering the cretonne so as to form a heading at the top, and tack it around the box.

Faded calico covered the seat, a valance of the same hung about the legs; two of the upright spindles were missing from the back.

Paddy howled, and I lifted a corner of the valance to see what was transpiring.

Scott stooped, and raised the valance with the greatest precaution.

Also she walked around the valance, counting its birds of paradise.

valance, the drapery or fringe hanging round the cover of a bed, couch, or other similar article.

Word Value for valance
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

Similar words for valance
Word of the day