Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.]
   To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy
   ornaments; to make gaudy.

         She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope.