Loud soldiers in Bow, tough place for chickens (8)
I believe the answer is:
farmyard
'place for chickens' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'loud soldiers in bow tough' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'soldiers' becomes 'army' (group of soldiers).
'in bow tough' becomes ''ard' ('hard' - synonyms - said with the 'H' dropped - a cockney accent.).
'f'+'army'+'ard'='FARMYARD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for farmyard that I've seen before include "Area surrounded by agricultural buildings" , "Fry drama (anag)" , "Coarse" , "Central part of agricultural unit" , "Rural enclosure" .)