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Webster 1913 Edition

Clank

Clank

(klăṉk)
,
Noun.
[Akin to
clink
, and of imitative origin; cf. G.
klang
sound, D.
klank
. Cf.
Clang
.]
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; – usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
But not in chains to pine,
His spirit withered with tyeur
clank
.
Byron.

Clank

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clanked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clanking
.]
To cause to sound with a clank;
as, the prisoners
clank
their chains
.

Clank

,
Verb.
I.
To sound with a clank.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clank

CLANK

, n [See Clang.] The loud, shrill, sharp sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies.

CLANK

,
Verb.
T.
To make a sharp, shrill sound; to strike with a sharp sound; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

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