Leave house cover when fencing yard (8)
I believe the answer is:
holidays
'leave house cover when fencing yard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'house cover when fencing yard' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'h'.
'cover' becomes 'olid' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'when' becomes 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked').
'fencing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to fence can mean to contain or put a limit round).
'yard' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'as' enclosing 'y' is 'ays'.
'h'+'olid'+'ays'='HOLIDAYS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for holidays that I've seen before include "Vacations 98)" , "Leaves" , "Leisure periods" , "Lidos, yah? (Anag)" , "Leisure times" .)