Getting into beds, start to abandon clothes (5)
I believe the answer is:
coats
'clothes' is the definition.
(coating is a kind of clothing)
'getting into beds start to abandon' is the wordplay.
'getting into' is an insertion indicator.
'beds' becomes 'cots' (cot is a kind of bed).
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'abandon' is 'a'.
'cots' going around 'a' is 'COATS'.
(Other definitions for coats that I've seen before include "Outdoor garments" , "Layers" .)