Remove irons and sunbake on a cock feather (9)
I believe the answer is:
unshackle
'remove irons and sunbake' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'on a cock feather' is the wordplay.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'a cock' becomes 'uns' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'feather' becomes 'hackle' (hackle is a kind of feather).
'uns' next to 'hackle' is 'UNSHACKLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unshackle that I've seen before include "Set free from bonds" , "Release from chains" .)