Like poet's feet caught in crashing chariot (8)
I believe the answer is:
trochaic
'like poet's feet' is the definition.
(referring to trochees, type of poetic feet)
'caught in crashing chariot' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'crashing' is an anagram indicator.
'chariot' is an anagram of 'trohaic'.
'c' placed within 'trohaic' is 'TROCHAIC'.
(Other definitions for trochaic that I've seen before include "Like some verse forms" , "with feet" .)