Weapon point taken through wooden pole (5)
I believe the answer is:
spear
'weapon' is the definition.
(spear is a kind of weapon)
'point taken through wooden pole' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'taken through' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wooden pole' becomes 'spar' (spar is a kind of pole. I am not sure about the 'wooden' bit.**).
'e' placed inside 'spar' is 'SPEAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spear that I've seen before include "mint may be added" , "Sharp weapon" , "asparagus for example" , "Primitive weapon" , "Thrown weapon" .)