Pole cut into eight (7)
I believe the answer is:
octuple
'eight' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'pole cut' is the wordplay.
'pole cut' anagrams to 'OCTUPLE'.
However, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.
'into' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for octuple that I've seen before include "Couplet (anag)" , "8 times" , "multiply by eight" , "more than seven times" , "Eightfold" .)