It could mean gathering great 'oard into circle (7)
I believe the answer is:
reaping
'mean gathering great 'oard into circle' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'it' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'raping' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'could' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reaping that I've seen before include "Harvesting" , "gathering" .)