Dray behind the house (8)
I believe the answer is:
backyard
'house' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'dray behind' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'dray' is 'yard' which is present in the answer.
'behind' could be 'back' (similar in meaning) and 'back' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for backyard that I've seen before include "area behind building" , "Ground behind my own house - not where I want development?" .)