Small horse nearly getting shiner (6)
I believe the answer is:
sequin
'shiner' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'small horse nearly' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'horse' becomes 'equine' (equine means a horse or related animal).
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'equine' with its final letter taken off is 'equin'.
's'+'equin'='SEQUIN'
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sequin that I've seen before include "bright little thing" , "Sparkling feature of ballroom dancing?" , "Italian gold coin" , "Shiny decorative disc" , "that sparkles" .)