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the curtain's bangs, hiding the hardware nobody wants to admit exists
means A short decorative drapery or panel hung across the top of a window, bed, or shelf to conceal the rod, frame, or fittings behind it.
from Likely from Old French 'avaler,' to descend or hang down (the same root that gives us 'avalanche,' a thing tumbling downward). A popular tale ties it to Valence, the town in France famous for textiles, but that link is unproven and probably a coincidence of sound; the 'hanging-down' explanation is the better-supported one.
- naval roots
- Name may trace to Valence, France, a textile town
- hidden job
- Conceals curtain rods, tracks, and ugly mounting brackets
- bed variant
- Bed valances skirt the frame down to the floor
- medieval flex
- Once draped four-poster beds as a status symbol
- spelling trap
- Often confused with valence, the chemistry term
for instance
valance of windsor castle — decorative fabric hanging in the state rooms of the royal residence in berkshire, england