Possible Clues:

• My corporal maybe beginning to bawl: in the ear, that is!
• Hard skin on foot, chest or back, initially, or part of ear
• Maize ear used for tobacco pipe
• Frosty accouterment
• Pipe band's leader chasing sailors, wearing Chanel
• Small growth on horse -- hard bit of ear
• Noise comes on, banging at first on my inner ear
• Hard skin on horse in part of ear?
• Barbecue discard
• Hardened skin, firm and black, in section of ear