Winter in France in a ship gives you the trembles (7)
I believe the answer is:
shivers
'the trembles' is the definition.
('shiver' can be a synonym of 'tremble')
'winter in france in a ship' is the wordplay.
'winter in france' becomes 'hiver' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'hiver' put inside 'ss' is 'SHIVERS'.
'gives you' is the link.
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