Unflinching support at village outskirts (5)
I believe the answer is:
brave
'unflinching' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'support at village outskirts' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'bra' (a support for the breasts).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'outskirts' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'village' with its centre taken out is 've'.
'bra'+'ve'='BRAVE'
(Other definitions for brave that I've seen before include "Showing courage" , "Daring" , "Intrepid and fearless" , "Indian warrior" , "Displaying courage" .)