Ladies to gather round, being cut off (8)
I believe the answer is:
isolated
'being cut off' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ladies to gather' is the wordplay.
'gather' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'gathered' mean this).
'ladies'+'to'='ladiesto'
'ladiesto' anagrammed gives 'ISOLATED'.
'round' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "kept apart from others" , "Solitary" , "Separated from others" , "individual" , "Set apart from others" .)