West Indian officer on the carpet (6)
I believe the answer is:
wilton
'the carpet' is the definition.
(Wilton is an example)
'west indian officer on' is the wordplay.
'west indian officer' becomes 'wilt' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wilt'+'on'='WILTON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wilton that I've seen before include "Woven carpet with a velvety pile" , "Kind of English woven carpet" , "22 [WILTS] carpet business" , "Could be carpet" , "Type of woven carpet" .)