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Definition of Clanking
1. Adjective. Having a hard nonresonant metallic sound. "The clanking arms of the soldiers near him"
Definition of Clanking
1. Verb. (present participle of clank) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clanking
1. clank [v] - See also: clank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clanking
Literary usage of Clanking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1913)
"The backsliders, and those who did not return continued clanking to hold the ...
In 167o he passed through the parliament the ' clanking Act against ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"One hundred and ten years ago, Patrick Henry said, " Sir, our chains are forced.
Their clanking may be heard on the plains of ..."
3. The History of England from the Restoration to the Death of William III by Richard Lodge (1910)
"The chief statute of the session was what Lauderdale himself called the " clanking
act against conventicles," * which was passed for a period of three years ..."
4. A Scots Earl in Covenanting Times: Being Life and Times of Archibald, 9th by John Willcock (1907)
"In addition to the measures already mentioned Lauderdale carried through Parliament
what he called " a clanking act " against conventicles, ..."
5. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"When I looked at their effigies in stone, I could almost hear their armour clanking
and ringing on the pavement. As you will perceive from my barren report ..."
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