Country air damaged court card (4)
I believe the answer is:
iraq
'country' is the definition.
(Iraq is an example)
'air damaged court card' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'court card' becomes 'Q' (court cards are kings, queens and jacks).
'air' is an anagram of 'ira'.
'ira'+'q'='IRAQ'
(Other definitions for iraq that I've seen before include "Middle East country" , "Middle Eastern nation" , "Middle-Eastern state" , "Baghdad's country" , "Country to west of Iran" .)