The woman Basil cut short? (3)
I believe the answer is:
her
'the woman' is the definition.
'basil cut short?' is the wordplay.
'basil' becomes 'herb' (basil is an example).
'cut short?' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'cutting short' mean this).
'herb' with its final letter taken off is 'HER'.
(Other definitions for her that I've seen before include "Belonging to the woman" , "That lady" , "The female's" , "The woman's" , "Pronoun used of ship" .)