Chap almost embraces education that is very old-fashioned (8)
I believe the answer is:
medieval
'old-fashioned' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'chap almost embraces education that is very' is the wordplay.
'chap almost' becomes 'mal' (I am not sure about the 'almost' bit.).
'embraces' is an insertion indicator.
'education' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation - e.g. sex ed).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'ed'+'ie'+'v'='ediev'
'mal' going around 'ediev' is 'MEDIEVAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for medieval that I've seen before include "Belonging to the Middle Ages" , "Of an earlier period" , "Of the middle ages, or really old-fashioned" , "Am veiled in style of the middle ages" , "Relating to the Middle Ages" .)