The Danes rebuilt the chair (5)
I believe the answer is:
sedan
'chair' is the definition.
(sedan chair is a type of chair)
'the danes rebuilt' is the wordplay.
'rebuilt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'danes' with letters rearranged gives 'SEDAN'.
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for sedan that I've seen before include "outmoded form of transport" , "Where Prussians defeated French" , "Covered chair carried between poles" , "Old portable chair for Danes" , "Chair used as transport" .)