Eagerly take meadow with cow manure (4,2)

'eagerly' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'meadow with cow manure' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'meadow' could be 'lea' (a lea is a grassy area) and 'lea' is found within the answer.
'manure' could be 'pat' (as in a cowpat) and 'pat' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'take' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?