Definitions for valances

valances val·ance

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

Valances is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in valances (aacelnsv).

Definitions for valances

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 valances

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

Examples for valances

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for valances
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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