Spangles are small pieces of shiny metal or plastic which are used to decorate clothing or hair. robes that glittered with spangles. to cover something with shiny points of light be spangled with sth. a small piece of shiny metal or plastic sewn on to clothes to give them a shining effect
a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States