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<div class="news_item">#230<div class="news_title">Word of the day: Valance

Posted by dandriff on Wednesday May 07, 2008@05:19PM

 (Also referred to as "front air dam.") This is the panel that extends below the vehicle's front bumper. ...
 Aluminum frame that is attached to the lid and body of the case. When the lid is closed, the tongue-and-groove design secures the case closure.
 The angled plate attached to the edge of a locomotive running plate to provide strength. Warrant: Railway Technical Web Pages, Piers Connor, 2000 Plural form: valances
 A shallow ornamental drapery treatment, ie rod picket, box-pleated, kick-pleated, shirred-balloon, etc., hung at the heading of a window or canopy to conceal hardware. A decorative short drapery board.
 also known as a “bedfrill” or “skirt” this is a decorative piece of fabric cut to fit and cover the base of the bed.
 The overhanging section of an awning, sometimes used for advertising.
 The outside "shell" of electrons that surrounds the nucleus of an atom.
 Vinyl material permanently attached to the perimeter of tent. It usually hangs down 12” and can be straight or scalloped. Gives the tent a finished look and helps seal sidewall against rain or wind.

Another one of those generic, overused window treatment style terms that applies to many different things. It describes any fabric treatment which tops a window and doesn't extend beyond more than a third of the length of the window.

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