Coats need woven yarns (9)
I believe the answer is:
anecdotes
'yarns' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'coats need woven' is the wordplay.
'woven' is an anagram indicator.
'coats'+'need'='coatsneed'
'coatsneed' is an anagram of 'ANECDOTES'.
(Other definitions for anecdotes that I've seen before include "Short accounts of incidents" , "Amusing short tales" , "Noted case (anag.)" , "Amusing short stories" , "yarns" .)