Bishop abandons Italian riverbank (4)
I believe the answer is:
tier
'bishop' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'abandons italian riverbank' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tier that I've seen before include "Row, layer" , "Rite about layer" , "Person joining" , "Wedding cake layer" , "I might draw" .)