Trunks suffering erosion on a tree, say (9)
I believe the answer is:
beachwear
'trunks' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'suffering erosion on a tree say' is the wordplay.
'suffering erosion' becomes 'wear' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'suffering' bit.).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a tree' becomes 'beech' (beech is a kind of tree).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'beech' is a homophone of 'beach'.
'wear' put after 'beach' is 'BEACHWEAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beachwear that I've seen before include "Speedos for one" , "holiday gear" , "Bikini, for instance" , "Trunks, bikinis etc" , "Holiday clothing" .)