Large beam made from timber with a grant (9,3)
I believe the answer is:
battering ram
'large beam' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'from timber with a grant' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'grant'='agrant'
'timber' after 'agrant' is 'agranttimber'.
'agranttimber' is an anagram of 'BATTERING-RAM'.
'made' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for battering ram that I've seen before include "Weapon to force entry" , "Siege weapon" , "ensures successful entre?" , "Means of breaking down walls etc" , "Device used for breaking down doors" .)