In French port, perhaps, without time to knit (7)
I believe the answer is:
entwine
'knit' is the definition.
('entwine' can be a synonym of 'knit')
'in french port perhaps without time' is the wordplay.
'in french' becomes 'en' ('en' can be French for 'in' e.g. en France).
'port perhaps' becomes 'wine' (port is a kind of wine).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'time' becomes 't'.
'en'+'wine'='enwine'
'enwine' going around 't' is 'ENTWINE'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for entwine that I've seen before include "closely blend together" , "Get weaving" , "weave around" , "Braid" , "Wind or twist together" .)