Heavenly winter footwear out East (5)
I believe the answer is:
skies
'heavenly winter footwear out east' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'east' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'east' could be 'e' (synonyms) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'skis' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skies that I've seen before include "Hits high in the air" , "Heavens" .)