"pelmet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛlmɪt/ Forms: pelmets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlmɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} pelmet (plural pelmets)
  1. A decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance. Wikipedia link: pelmet Derived forms: pelmet skirt
    Sense id: en-pelmet-en-noun-CcVmMcq6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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