In short, I carved the cold bird (7)
I believe the answer is:
ostrich
'bird' is the definition.
(I know that ostrich is a bird)
'in short i carved the cold' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'carved' indicates an anagram.
'the cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'short'+'i'='shorti'
'shorti' with letters rearranged gives 'ostrih'.
'ostrih' enclosing 'c' is 'OSTRICH'.
(Other definitions for ostrich that I've seen before include "Someone unprepared to face the facts" , "Torch is held over large bird" , "with a big nest egg" , "Large flightless bird of Africa" , "Largest living bird" .)