Strive to displace the holders (6)
I believe the answer is:
rivets
'holders' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'strive to displace' is the wordplay.
'to displace' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'displaced' mean this).
'strive' anagrammed gives 'RIVETS'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rivets that I've seen before include "Steel pins holding metal sheets together" , "Metal pins or bolts for holding together two plates of metal" , "Small pins for joining metal sheets" , "Short metal pins" .)