a. Obs. rare. [? ad. F. *clangueux ‘shrill, skriking, skreaking, loudly squeaking’ (Cotgr.); on L. type *clangōs-us: see CLANGOSE.] Clangorous, clanging.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., VII. xiv. 368. Cranes and birds of long necks have … harsh and clangous throats.
