Oystercatcher throwing these out in order to make place for young to sleep (8)
I believe the answer is:
carrycot
'oystercatcher' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'throwing these out in order to make place for young to sleep' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'order' could be 'o' (abbreviation e.g. in British honours OM, OBE etc.) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'make' could be 'carry' (carrying is a kind of making) and 'carry' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ct' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carrycot that I've seen before include "Sleeping-baby conveyor" , "Portable baby bed" , "Infant's transport" , "Portable container for baby" , "Baby transporter" .)