’e by gum, camping? Having covered skin (10)
I believe the answer is:
integument
'skin' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
''e by gum camping? having covered' is the wordplay.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'camping?' becomes 'intent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'having covered' is an insertion indicator.
'e' after 'gum' is 'gume'.
'gume' placed into 'intent' is 'INTEGUMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for integument that I've seen before include "Protective layer" , "Covering" .)