Foreman almost cut by minute English glass items (8)
I believe the answer is:
stemware
'glass items' is the definition.
(term for glasses)
'foreman almost cut by minute english' is the wordplay.
'foreman' becomes 'steward'.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'cut by' is an insertion indicator.
'minute' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'steward' with its last letter taken away is 'stewar'.
'stewar' going around 'm' is 'stemwar'.
'stemwar'+'e'='STEMWARE'
(Other definitions for stemware that I've seen before include "American wine-glasses?" , "Glasses" .)