Pet's lead winding around foot (8)
I believe the answer is:
pedestal
'foot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'pet's lead winding' is the wordplay.
'winding' indicates an anagram.
'pets'+'lead'='petslead'
'petslead' anagrammed gives 'PEDESTAL'.
'around' is the link.
(Other definitions for pedestal that I've seen before include "Statue's base" , "Pet's lead (anag) - support" , "Plinth, base" , "Base for, eg, statue" , "Support or foundation" .)