Italian uniform that is trimmed with leather (6)
I believe the answer is:
tuscan
'italian uniform that is trimmed with leather' is the definition.
'tuscan' can be an answer for 'italian' (someone from Tuscany in Italy). I'm not certain of the remainder of the definition.
'italian uniform that is trimmed with' is the wordplay.
'italian uniform' becomes 'tu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'that is' becomes 'sc' (abbrv. for Latin scilicet; 'namely').
'trimmed' means to remove the last letter (the last letter is trimmed off).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'and' with its last letter taken away is 'an'.
'tu'+'sc'+'an'='TUSCAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tuscan that I've seen before include "European" , "Classical architecture" , "Person from Siena" , "From a central Italian region" , "Of region around Florence" .)