Old African tailors and hosier (9)
I believe the answer is:
rhodesian
'old african' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tailors and hosier' is the wordplay.
'tailors' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'tailored' mean this (the letters are customised )).
'and'+'hosier'='andhosier'
'andhosier' is an anagram of 'RHODESIAN'.
(Other definitions for rhodesian that I've seen before include "old African" , "Citizen of pre-Zimbabwe state - thus he ordains" , "Zimbabwean, 1964-79" , "old countryman" , "Large dog (from Zambia or Zimbabwe?)" .)