Stripped bird in court where defendant stands (second time covered up) (9)
I believe the answer is:
woodstock
'stripped bird' is the definition.
(bird in the Peanuts comic strip)
'court where defendant stands second time covered up' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'where defendant stands' becomes 'dock' (in a court room).
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'covered up' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
's'+'t'='st'
'dock' placed around 'st' is 'dstock'.
'woo'+'dstock'='WOODSTOCK'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for woodstock that I've seen before include "1969 US rock festival" , "Log pile" , "near Oxford" , "Famous US rock festival" , "Snoopy's confidant" .)