Spangle

/ˈspæŋɡəl/ · noun

Meaning

A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin..

Definitions by Sense

1. A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
2. Any small sparkling object.
3. A point of light; also (rare), a glitter, a sparkle.
4. A speckle or spot, especially on the body of an animal.
5. Any of a number of swallowtail butterflies (genus Papilio); specifically Papilio protenor.
6. To fix spangles or sparkling objects to (something); to bespangle.
7. To adorn or decorate (something).
8. (intransitive) To flash, glitter, or sparkle.

Example Sentences

The other Knight was all in milke white, his attiring els, all cutte in starres, which made of cloath of silver, and silver spangles, each way seemed to cast many aspects.

[…] I had coſt his Majeſty above a million and a half of Sprugs, (their greateſt Gold Coin, about the bigneſs of a Spangle;) and upon the whole, that it would be adviſeable in the Emperor to take the firſt fair Occaſion of diſmiſſing me.

A tawdry scarf of yellow silk, trimmed with tinsel and spangles, which had seen as hard service, and boasted as honourable a transmission, was next flung over one shoulder, and fell across her person in the manner of a shoulder-belt or baldrick.

His wardrobe was extensive—very extensive—not strictly classical perhaps, nor quite new, nor did it contain any one garment made precisely after the fashion of any age or time, but every thing was more or less spangled; and what can be prettier than spangles?

"Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy." Lily looked down ruefully at her handiwork. The forewoman was right: the sewing on of the spangles was inexcusably bad. What made her so much more clumsy than usual?

Act of 1913. Par. 333. Beads and spangles of all kinds, including imitation pearl beads, not threaded or strung, or strung loosely on thread for facility in transportation only, 35 per centum ad valorem; […] A spangle is a small plate or bar of shiny metal or other material used as an ornament or trimming on wearing apparel.

And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott[…]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.

Spangles, or sequins, often of sheets of silver-gilt cut into small roundels with central holes for retaining stitches, had been introduced to western Europe from Italy. […] For later blackwork purposes, spangles were held in place with black silk retaining stitches, or they could be held with silver-gilt thread worked in knots such as a conical 'French knot'.

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