v. i. To sound with a clank. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
But not in chains to pine,
His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Without a clank. Byreon. [ 1913 Webster ]