Bible Dictionaries
Valance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

(2):

(n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Valance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/valance.html. 1828.