Farmyard vessel of German design (6)
I believe the answer is:
manger
'farmyard vessel' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'german design' is the wordplay.
'design' indicates an anagram.
'german' anagrammed gives 'MANGER'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manger that I've seen before include "feature of 21/23 [NATIVITY SCENE]" , "Trough for cattle feed" , "Feeding trough for cattle" , "Animal feeder" , "Stable bed for Jesus" .)