Club together at The Fringe on meal with pound off (9)
I believe the answer is:
truncheon
'club' is the definition.
(type of weapon)
'together at the fringe on meal with pound off' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for truncheon that I've seen before include "Policeman's club" , "Peelers' baton" , "Police staff" , "Police baton" , "Police weapon" .)