Legwear for broken-in tap shoe (9)
I believe the answer is:
pantihose
'shoe' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'legwear for broken-in tap' is the wordplay.
'legwear' becomes 'hose' (I've seen this in another clue).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'tap'='intap'
'intap' with letters rearranged gives 'panti'.
'hose' after 'panti' is 'PANTIHOSE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pantihose that I've seen before include "underwear" , "garments?" , "Tights" , "In teashop (anag.)" .)