Parent at party describing rail they'd fixed to wall (4)
I believe the answer is:
dado
'wall' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'parent at party describing rail they'd fixed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'parent' could be 'dad' (dad can informally mean father) and 'dad' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'o' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dado that I've seen before include "Low wall panel" , "Lower part of wall decorated differently from rest" , "Border along an inner wall" , "Differently finished lower part of an inside wall" , "Differently finished lower part of an interior wall" .)