Remove end of thin meadow
I believe the answer is:
lea
'meadow' is the definition.
(a lea is a grassy area)
'remove end of thin' is the wordplay.
'remove' becomes 'lade' (lading is a kind of removing).
'end' means to remove the middle letters (I've seen 'ends' mean this).
'of thin' becomes 'a' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lade' with its centre removed is 'le'.
'le'+'a'='LEA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lea that I've seen before include "'The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the . . .'" , "Tract of pastureland" , "Open area of grassy or arable land" , "authority for teachers" , "River of east London" .)