Tearing of delicate fabric in front of allotment (10)
I believe the answer is:
laceration
'tearing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'delicate fabric in front of allotment' is the wordplay.
'delicate fabric' becomes 'lace' (I've seen this before).
'in front of' says to put letters next to each other.
'allotment' becomes 'ration' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lace'+'ration'='LACERATION'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for laceration that I've seen before include "Tearing (of skin)" , "Cut, scratch" , "wound" , "cutting" , "rent" .)