Inuit canoe (5)
I believe the answer is:
kayak
'inuit canoe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for kayak that I've seen before include "A palindromic canoe for eskimo" , "Inuit's light canoe" , "Small canoe - a palindrome" , "Small canoe used by Eskimo" , "Type of canoe" .)