The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spangling
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.
Wiktionary
spangling
vb. (present participle of spangle English)
Usage examples of "spangling".
In darkness, and the pure and spangling snow Gleams faintly through the gloom that gathers round!
And the bright beams of frosty morning dance Along the spangling snow.
Upward in tight spirals they climbed, all the way to the starbursts spangling the firmament.