valance board

1. 1.

   a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

   Synonymscornicevalancepelmet

   Broaderframework

Questions about valance board

What does valance board mean?

valance board means "a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing".

What is another word for valance board?

Close synonyms include cornice, valance, pelmet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is valance board a common word?

valance board is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.