Hide in meadow to the right (7)
I believe the answer is:
leather
'hide' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'meadow to the right' is the wordplay.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (I've seen this before).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'lea'+'the'+'r'='LEATHER'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for leather that I've seen before include "calf" , "Polishing cloth" , "A tanner produces it from hide" , "Flog; hide" , "Whip" .)