Little left after eating husband’s cheese (5)
I believe the answer is:
wheel
'cheese' is the definition.
(wheel can mean a circular cheese)
'little left after eating husband's' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'wee' (similar in meaning).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'after eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'wee'+'l'='weel'
'weel' going around 'h' is 'WHEEL'.
(Other definitions for wheel that I've seen before include "No need to re-invent it!" , "Ship's steering device" , "- - of Fortune" , "Roller on vehicle" , "Turn on axis" .)