Welshman acquires rigging equipment from Scotland perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
european
'welshman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for european that I've seen before include "Pole, perhaps" , "The E of the EU" , "Anti-UKIP" , "Continental is curiously A-one pure" , "possibly from Italy" .)