Owlet flapped off east, driven like any other owl? (3-6)

'driven like any other owl?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives sometimes define each other.

'owlet flapped off east' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'owlet' is 'twole' which is within the answer.
'east' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?