Wood turned this way? Odd bits discarded (3)
I believe the answer is:
ash
'wood' is the definition.
(wood from an ash tree)
'turned this way? odd bits discarded' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'way?' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ah' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ash that I've seen before include "One [TYPE OF TREE]" , "It comes from volcano" , "Fraxinus" , "Hard pale wood" , "Oleaceous tree" .)