Spangle \Span"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spangling.]

To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate. --Donne.

What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? --Shak.

Spangled coquette (Zo["o]l.), a tropical humming bird (Lophornis regin[ae]). See Coquette, 2.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)