techn. and dial. [Back-formation from valents VALANCE sb.1] A valance.
1794. W. Felton, Carriages (1801), I. 143. The pockets, the falls, and valents. Ibid., 204. A broad stripe of leather, welted on the edge,… which shelters the inside, and is called a vallent.
1888. Elworthy, W. Somerset Word-bk., 795. Valent, a short curtain;… also the name of the upper or fixed part (if any) of window drapery.
