Dictionary entry

Clank

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Clank (klăṉk), 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.

But not in chains to pine,

His spirit withered with tyeur clank.

Byron.