Objects to excellent piece of handwriting (4)
I believe the answer is:
aims
'objects' is the definition.
('aim' can be a synonym of 'object')
'excellent piece of handwriting' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'Am', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'piece of handwriting' becomes 'ms' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ai'+'ms'='AIMS'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aims that I've seen before include "Objectives, purposes" , "Proposes or intends" , "Trains - intentions" , "Sets sight on, having ambitions" , "Objectives; points" .)