Hang on - about to leave Holland in a French carriage? (5-3)
I believe the answer is:
wagon-lit
'french carriage?' is the definition.
'wagon-lit' can be an answer for 'carriage?' (wagon-lit is a kind of carriage). I'm unsure of the 'french' bit.
'hang on about to leave holland' is the wordplay.
'hang on' becomes 'wait' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to leave' becomes 'go' (to go is to depart or leave).
'holland' becomes 'nl'.
'go'+'nl'='gonl'
'wait' enclosing 'gonl' is 'WAGON-LIT'.
'in a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wagon-lit that I've seen before include "sleeper" , "Sleeping car on continental trains" , "In-law got injured in sleeping car" , "Continental sleeping-car" .)