Item of jewellery is hit with the French (6)
I believe the answer is:
bangle
'item of jewellery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hit with the french' is the wordplay.
'hit' becomes 'bang' (banging is a kind of hitting).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'bang'+'le'='BANGLE'
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for bangle that I've seen before include "Pale, spiritless" , "Wrist ornament" , "Ornamental armband" , "A bracelet from Bengal" , "Jewellery worn around the wrist" .)