Abrade the cuffs, possibly (5)
I believe the answer is:
scuff
'abrade' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cuffs possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cuffs' anagrammed gives 'SCUFF'.
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for scuff that I've seen before include "Scrape (shoe leather)" , "Scrape (eg, a shoe)" , "Scrape (shoe, etc)" , "Scrape (shoes) when walking" , "drag, while walking" .)