pelmet

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pel·met /ˈpelmɪt/ noun [countable] British English  DHHa narrow piece of wood or cloth above a window that hides the rod that the curtains hang on 窗帘盒，窗帘箱 SYN American English valance

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pelmet• Try to avoid angular prints on a pelmet with a highly curved edge, as the designs could conflict.• The stiffened cover is fitted to a pelmet board - like a three-sided shelf - to give it support.• If you do not want to use a pelmet, curtain rails and poles can also provide great visual variety.• These sections should be twice the depth of a bottom pelmet, on top of which all the pleats lie.• A deep pelmet in a room with a low ceiling can have a heavy effect, increasing the problem.• Even a valance or pelmet will be given an extra highlight when edged with an attractive fringing or braid.• Soft pelmets, in the same material as the curtains are lined, gathered or ruched.• There are no curtains to soften its edges and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase.Origin pelmet (1900-2000) French palmette “palm-leaf-shaped decoration (at the top of a window)”

pel·met nounChineseSyllable  

that wood or Corpus above a cloth window a narrow piece of

pelmet
pel‧met /ˈpelmət, ˈpelmɪt/ noun [countable] British Englisha narrow piece of wood or cloth above a window that hides the rod that the curtains hang on
   SYN  valance American English

pel·metBrE /ˈpelmɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpelmɪt/ 🔊 (also val·ance especially in NAmE ) nouna strip of wood or cloth above a window that hides the curtain rail 窗帘盒；窗帘短帷幔