Garments cover her wild cats (8)
I believe the answer is:
panthers
'wild cats' is the definition.
(panthers are big cats)
'garments cover her' is the wordplay.
'garments' becomes 'pants' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cover' indicates putting letters inside.
'pants' enclosing 'her' is 'PANTHERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panthers that I've seen before include "These felines can net harps, strangely" , "American big cats" .)