Show respect, then show disrespect when receiving king in Spar (8)
I believe the answer is:
bowsprit
'spar' is the definition.
(bowsprit is a kind of spar)
'show respect then show disrespect when receiving king' is the wordplay.
'show respect' becomes 'bow' (somebody may bow to show respect).
'then show disrespect' becomes 'spit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'when receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'spit' enclosing 'r' is 'sprit'.
'bow'+'sprit'='BOWSPRIT'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bowsprit that I've seen before include "Spar projecting from the front of a sailing vessel" , "Projecting spar at front of sailing ship" , "Spar projecting from front of a boat" , "See component of boat" .)