"modesty piece" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "July 27, 1711, Leonilla Figleaf, letter to Spectator No. 118",
          "text": "Now, sir, what I have to communicate to you at present is, that at a late meeting of the stripping ladies, in which were present several eminent toasts and beauties, it was resolved for the future to lay the modesty-piece wholly aside"
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      "glosses": [
        "A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom."
      ],
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        [
          "lace",
          "lace"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ],
        [
          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly historical) A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "modesty bit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
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  "word": "modesty piece"
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "July 27, 1711, Leonilla Figleaf, letter to Spectator No. 118",
          "text": "Now, sir, what I have to communicate to you at present is, that at a late meeting of the stripping ladies, in which were present several eminent toasts and beauties, it was resolved for the future to lay the modesty-piece wholly aside"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lace",
          "lace"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ],
        [
          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ]
      ],
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        "(now chiefly historical) A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom."
      ],
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        "historical"
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    {
      "word": "modesty bit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modesty piece"
}