Most of new timbered hub… (8)
I believe the answer is:
november
'timbered hub' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'most of new' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for november that I've seen before include "when Christmas is getting near" , "Several days" , "Month ending with St Andrew's Day" , "bit of a fall" , "'N' in the phonetic alphabet" .)