Naval officer keeping gold in chest of drawers (9)
I believe the answer is:
commodore
'naval officer' is the definition.
(I know that Commodore is a type of naval officer)
'gold in chest of drawers' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'chest of drawers' becomes 'commode' (commode is a kind of chest of drawers).
'or' going into 'commode' is 'COMMODORE'.
'keeping' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for commodore that I've seen before include "senior officer" , "President of a yacht club" , "officer, surely?" , "Naval officer" , "Naval rank junior to rear-admiral" .)