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(Zoöl.), a tropical humming bird (Lophornis reginæ). See Coquette, 2.