Sailor gets brown, Scottish style (6)
I believe the answer is:
tartan
'scottish style' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'sailor gets brown' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (tar can mean a sailor).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'tar'+'tan'='TARTAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tartan that I've seen before include "Pattern of the Scottish clans" , "Distinctive pattern of a Scottish clan" , "Cloth with a plaid design" , "Scots patterned cloth" , "Highland check pattern" .)