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. [ imp. & p. p. Clanked p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking. ] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a clank. Byreon. [ 1913 Webster ]