Scottish beater breaking out in sweat (5)
I believe the answer is:
tawse
'scottish beater' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'breaking out in sweat' is the wordplay.
'sweat' can be anagrammed to 'TAWSE'.
But, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tawse that I've seen before include "Strap once used for punishing schoolchildren in Scotland" , "Used for corporal punishment" , "Retribution for Scots" , "Thong for punishment" , "Leather strap once used to punish Scottish schoolchildren" .)