valanced

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English

Etymology

From Middle English valansid; equivalent to valance +‎ -ed.

Adjective

valanced (not comparable)

  1. Furnished or ornamented with a valance.
    • 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, :
      An old set-stitched chair, valanced and fringed around with party-coloured worsted bobs, stood at the bed's head
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 80:
      As you approach the Thames, you are riding with the ghost of the London & South Western Railway, which built many of the stations used by the District for its westerly push. The clue lies in the valanced - or serrated - white wooden station canopies, which give some of the stops a country branch air.

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