Able to be touched despite suffering a belting (8)
I believe the answer is:
tangible
'able to be touched' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'suffering a belting' is the wordplay.
'suffering' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'belting'='abelting'
'abelting' with letters rearranged gives 'TANGIBLE'.
'despite' is the link.
(Other definitions for tangible that I've seen before include "Solid, can be touched" , "Real and substantial" , "Actual" , "Palpable" , "Having real substance" .)