Elephantine garments? (6)
I believe the answer is:
trunks
'elephantine garments?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
This is the entire clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trunks that I've seen before include "Elephants can provide such cases" , "Man's swimming costume" , "Men's swimsuits on an elephants?" , "Men's swimsuit" , "luggage" .)