pelmet

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English[edit]

External decorative pelmets fitted within a brick and stone window opening.
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Noun[edit]

pelmet (plural pelmets)

  1. An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
    • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
      Sun blinds (recessed in a pelmet) were provided for all windows, except in the corridors.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      The pelmets and mirrors, the spotlights and blinds, seemed rich in criticism.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Due to the appearance of a pelmet, the term is sometimes used to describe an extremely short skirt.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Arnold, Sue (1999 March 20) “There are worse things than a pelmet skirt”, in The Independent‎[1], retrieved 13 October 2013

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