Major, OBE, lost bottle (8)
I believe the answer is:
jeroboam
'bottle' is the definition.
(jeroboam is a kind of bottle)
'major obe lost' is the wordplay.
'lost' indicates anagramming the letters.
'major'+'obe'='majorobe'
'majorobe' anagrammed gives 'JEROBOAM'.
(Other definitions for jeroboam that I've seen before include "Large bottle of champagne; a Rome job (anag.)" , "Wine bottle 4-12 times the ordinary size" , "Four bottles of wine in one" , "'Large wine bottle, equal to four standard ones (8)'" , "a lot of bottle?" .)