Lifted floor covering to catch variety of fowl (6)
I believe the answer is:
bantam
'variety of fowl' is the definition.
(type of small chicken)
'lifted floor covering to catch' is the wordplay.
'lifted' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in down clue).
'floor covering' becomes 'mat' (mat is a kind of floor covering).
'to catch' becomes 'nab' (I've seen this before).
'mat'+'nab'='matnab'
'matnab' backwards is 'BANTAM'.
(Other definitions for bantam that I've seen before include "Lightweight boxer and chicken" , "poultry" , "Breed of domestic fowl" , "Boxing weight or feisty fowl" , "Half of 1D [GAME OR BIRD]" .)