Georgia, getting in hardwood, books “bony” joiner? (8)
I believe the answer is:
ligament
'bony joiner?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'georgia getting in hardwood books' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'ga'.
'getting in' is an insertion indicator.
'hardwood' becomes 'lime' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'books' becomes 'nt' (abbreviation for New Testament).
'ga' inserted into 'lime' is 'ligame'.
'ligame'+'nt'='LIGAMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ligament that I've seen before include "Fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilage" , "Link between bones or cartilages" , "Tissue joining bones or cartilages" , "Fibrous connective tissue" , "sheet of tissue" .)