"nosepiece" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From nose + piece.",
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          "text": "At impact, the nosepiece of Phelps’s goggles snapped.",
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        "Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose."
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        "The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose."
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