Fellow permitted to make a garland (7)
I believe the answer is:
chaplet
'a garland' is the definition.
(I know that garland can be written as chaplet)
'fellow permitted' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'chap' (both can mean a man).
'permitted' becomes 'let' (to let something happen is to permit it).
'chap'+'let'='CHAPLET'
'to make' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for chaplet that I've seen before include "Ornamental wreath worn on the head" , "top band?" , "Circular garland for the head" , "flower arrangement" , "Garland or wreath for the head" .)