Bother with sailors, say, getting on first of this frill (9)
I believe the answer is:
adornment
'frill' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'bother with sailors say getting on first of this' is the wordplay.
'bother' becomes 'adorn' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'sailors say' becomes 'men' (sailor is a kind of man).
'getting on' says to put letters next to each other.
'first of this' becomes 't' (ast letter of 'this').
'adorn'+'men'+'t'='ADORNMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adornment that I've seen before include "Ornamentation" , "Making elaborate" , "decorating" , "Trim" , "Decoration" .)