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Meanings of pelmet in English

Catalan
sanefa
Spanish
cenefa

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

sanefa
Russian
ламбрекен

Stiff valance with a shaped lower border.

ламбрекен
Synonyms
Examples for "lambrequin"
Examples for "lambrequin"
1
A big man with a lambrequin mustache was filling the rear seat measurably well.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
2
Maybe she'll make a lambrequin for the piano or an embroidered smoking-jacket for the old man-a'layour Ladies' Home Companion.
Missy
3
A curtain, preferably of some dark color, should be hung on each side, and a lambrequin or valance across the top.
Entertainments for Home, Church and School
4
A suite in Paris, immense high grave rooms, with lambrequins and a balcony.
Main Street
5
The walls and carpets and lambrequins are a heavy dark green.
Dear Enemy
Usage of pelmet in English
1
The drapes were closed and had a ruffled pelmet made from the same fabric.
Nothing to lose
2
Proper curtains with tiebacks, a pelmet and frilled edges.
The blood spilt
3
Do you know your pelmet from your parquet?
The Irish Times
4
Miu Miu also reinforces the trend for below-the-knee pencil skirts while Isabel Marant offers pelmet skirts -minis layered over leggings.
The Irish Times
5
The scutigera meanwhile, deciding it could not move the moth, lay draped over it like a pelmet, sucking out its vital juices.
The corfu trilogy
6
The spellfire flared, blue flames licking around the pelmet, and in its livid glare Fern's face, too, looked blue, pinched with effort.
The witch queen
7
Kathy Lette wears a slick of bright-red lipstick and a skirt so short that she cheerfully refers to it as a "pussy pelmet".
The Irish Times
8
Alongside this tomboy vamp look, Cheryl's predominant uniform has been a series of pelmet short, very structured mini-gowns that one might dub "power dresses".
The Guardian
9
I started with all sorts of pelmets when we moved in, even swags.
The gathering
10
The pattering upon the plastic roof of my palatial trailer (it has pelmets) has stopped!
Nanny mcphee and the big bang
11
I searched behind the curtains and in the pelmets, even though these had predominantly been behind Bill as he sat in the chair.
Under orders
Translations for pelmet
Spanish
cenefa
Pelmet through the time