Court female in bay (4)
I believe the answer is:
woof
'bay' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'court female' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'woo' ('woo' can be a synonym of 'court').
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'woo'+'f'='WOOF'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for woof that I've seen before include "Barking noise" , "Dog's noise" , "Gruff bark of dog" , "Sound of dog's bark" , "Dog sound" .)