Shipped international soldiers with cross feeling (9)
I believe the answer is:
sentiment
'feeling' is the definition.
(a sentiment is a feeling or view)
'shipped international soldiers with cross' is the wordplay.
'shipped' becomes 'sent' ('send' can be a synonym of 'ship').
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'with cross' becomes 't' (shape. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'sent'+'i'+'men'+'t'='SENTIMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sentiment that I've seen before include "Tender feeling" , "Mawkishness" , "General feeling" , "View, opinion, feeling" , "Test men in, say, emotion" .)