pelmet
noun/ˈpelmɪt/
/ˈpelmɪt/
(also valance especially in North American English)
- a narrow piece of wood or cloth above a window that hides the curtain railWord Originearly 20th cent.: probably an alteration of French palmette, literally ‘small palm’, diminutive of palme.
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