Deadly Boer War overwhelmed Dutch cabinet (8)
I believe the answer is:
wardrobe
'cabinet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'deadly boer war overwhelmed dutch' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'boer' is 'robe' which is located in the answer.
'dutch' could be 'd' (common abbreviation) and 'd' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'war' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wardrobe that I've seen before include "Stock of clothes" , "A theatre company's stock of costumes" , "Storage unit" , "Tall piece of furniture" , "storage place" .)