Me about to restrain a drunken Lord Onslow? (7)
I believe the answer is:
earldom
'onslow?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'me about to restrain a drunken lord' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'to restrain' indicates putting letters inside.
'drunken' is an anagram indicator.
'me' with letters rearranged gives 'em'.
'lord' is an anagram of 'rldo'.
'a'+'rldo'='arldo'
'em' placed around 'arldo' is 'EARLDOM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for earldom that I've seen before include "Peer's domain" , "Norfolk or Wessex, for example" , "What sort of noble has" , "Noble's status" , "noble area of country" .)