CLANK

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.