Husband joins club; a wife's place? (4)
I believe the answer is:
bath
'a wife's place?' is the definition.
(the Wife of Bath appears in The Canterbury Tales)
'husband joins club' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'joins' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'club' becomes 'bat' (as in sporting equipment**).
'h' put after 'bat' is 'BATH'.
(Other definitions for bath that I've seen before include "English spa city on the River Avon" , "Stopper for hole (don't let 8 through it!)" , "English spa founded by the Romans" , "on the Kennet and Avon canal" , "City of SW England" .)