Answer:
I am a kind of coat that can only be put on when wet.
Six letters it contains. Take away the last and only twelve remains. What is the word?
I reach for the sky but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave but I am always around.
In wealth I abound; in water I stand; as a fencer I'm valued all over the land; at Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; respected by law yet huntsmen despised; consternation and ruin ensue when I break; And the beasts of the forest advantage won't take.
I am a creature with a βtightβ name.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?