Support others in place of article in story (7)
I believe the answer is:
trestle
'support' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'others in place of article in story' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'others' could be 'rest' (I've seen this before) and 'rest' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for trestle that I've seen before include "support for board" , "Simple table support" , "Wooden frame" , "Braced support" , "folding table?" .)