Fully stripped kites, helping to trim tails, e.g. (12)
I believe the answer is:
alliteration
'trim tails e g' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'fully stripped kites helping' is the wordplay.
'fully' becomes 'all' (I've seen this in another clue).
'stripped' says to take the centre (outside letters removed).
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
The middle of 'kites' is 'ite'.
'all'+'ite'+'ration'='ALLITERATION'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alliteration that I've seen before include "Poetic rhyming device using words with the same initial letter" , "Repeated first letters" , "Poetic ploy practised with panache!" , "verse technique" , "Peter practised poetic ploy perfectly" .)