Shelf held up by Le Carré trilogy (7)
I believe the answer is:
terrace
'shelf' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'held up by le carre trilogy' is the wordplay.
'up by' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'held' indicates a hidden word.
'ecarret' can be found hidden inside 'le carre trilogy'.
'ecarret' reversed gives 'TERRACE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terrace that I've seen before include "Row of attached houses" , "Veranda" , "Continuous row of houses" , "Row of housing" , "Bank - houses in a row" .)