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Duty of bar discarding male's protective gear (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

task

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'duty' is the definition.
(task is a kind of duty)

'bar discarding male's protective gear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'bar' could be 't' (T-bar is a part of a ski lift) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ask' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for task that I've seen before include "Assignment" , "Give mission" , "Errand, duty" , "Job of work" , "Piece of work to be done" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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