Ram deprived of fleece, tool having cut it (8)
I believe the answer is:
shoehorn
'ram deprived of fleece' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'tool having cut it' is the wordplay.
'tool' becomes 'hoe' (hoe is a kind of tool).
'having cut' is an insertion indicator.
'it' becomes 'shorn' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'hoe' placed into 'shorn' is 'SHOEHORN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shoehorn that I've seen before include "Aid to putting on footwear" , "Force (in Oxford?)" , "Force into an inadequate space" , "to make output of last worker yield more" , "Aid to squeezing foot into footwear" .)