Race to design coats (5)
I believe the answer is:
ascot
'race' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'design coats' is the wordplay.
'design' indicates an anagram.
'coats' is an anagram of 'ASCOT'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ascot that I've seen before include "course without any fences!" , "Racing to the strange coast" , "Tosca (anag) - racecourse" , "Berkshire race course" , "sporting venue" .)