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pelmet ‎(plural pelmets)

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