View of English pre-hunt gatherings turned (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'view' is the definition.
(I know that esteem is a more specific form of the action the view)
'english pre-hunt gatherings turned' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'pre hunt gatherings' becomes 'meets' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'turned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'meets' backwards is 'steem'.
'e'+'steem'='ESTEEM'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "High regard as for customer" , "Revere - prize" , "judge" , "High opinion, great respect" , "Revere(nce)" .)