Legal way to prevent a gathering of poets (5)
I believe the answer is:
estop
'legal way to prevent a gathering' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'of poets' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'poets' anagrammed gives 'ESTOP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estop that I've seen before include "term in law" , "Legally hinder removal" , "Bar, for a lawyer" , "lawyer's bar" , "Legally prevent" .)