pelmet
English
Noun
pelmet (plural pelmets)
- An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, paperback edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 357:
- The pelmets and mirrors, the spotlights and blinds, seemed rich in criticism.