Bold female lugs around large, empty ewers (8)
I believe the answer is:
fearless
'bold' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)
'female lugs around large empty ewers' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'lugs' becomes 'ears' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'ewers' with its middle removed is 'es'.
'l'+'es'='les'
'ears' enclosing 'les' is 'earless'.
'f'+'earless'='FEARLESS'
(Other definitions for fearless that I've seen before include "game?" , "Intrepid" , "Indomitable" , "Totally courageous" , "Extremely brave" .)