Old wife after drink in pastoral setting (6)
I believe the answer is:
meadow
'pastoral setting' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'old wife after drink' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'mead' (mead is a kind of drink).
'o'+'w'='ow'
'ow' put after 'mead' is 'MEADOW'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meadow that I've seen before include "Paddock" , "A field of rich grass" , "Low ground near river" , "Low-lying grassland" , "area of grassland" .)