Pelmet meaning

Noun: pelmet

Pronunciation: (pel-mit)

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

Synonyms: cornice, valance, eaves

Quotations: Wood – They uncovered her camera, hidden behind what looked like a smoked-glass pelmet over the window facing the main entry door.

Adair – All hint of coaxed waves gone, it hung down behind his head – a stiff, grey pelmet.

Sample sentences:

1. We have to fit the cornice and the light pelmet below.
2. A pelmet is an ornamental drapery or board fixed above a window.
3. You could write in the dusk on the sixth floor’s curtain pelmet.
4. We asked ourselves why we found the curtains on the doors and windows folded in drawers, it is often the first thing they do to our guests, take away the tents and put away to never miss a ray of sunshine, and think that we, instead, we protect from the sun with curtains, blinds, pelmets etc.,
5. We saw a pelmet draped into folds at each side.