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Royal Navy did without large piece of Tyrolean gear? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dirndl

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'piece of tyrolean gear?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'royal navy did without large' is the wordplay.
'royal navy' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'without' indicates putting letters inside.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'rn' going inside 'did' is 'dirnd'.
'dirnd'+'l'='DIRNDL'

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(Other definitions for dirndl that I've seen before include "Skirt that's tight at the waist and wide at the bottom" , "Full skirt gathered into tight waistband" , "Alpine peasant woman's dress" , "Tyrolean skirt" , "Alpine peasant skirt" .)

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