Revised role, cinch to record (9)
I believe the answer is:
chronicle
'record' is the definition.
(chronicling is a kind of recording)
'revised role cinch' is the wordplay.
'revised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'role'+'cinch'='rolecinch'
'rolecinch' is an anagram of 'CHRONICLE'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for chronicle that I've seen before include "Narrative description of past events" , "Story" , "Account of important events" , "Record of historic events" , "Historical account" .)