Sailor's ceased to have sex, reportedly (7)

'sailor's ceased' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'have sex reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'have sex' could be 'lay' and 'lay' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?