Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.
A leaf of the fig plant.
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).
Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
A magician’s trick.
The state of being deceived or misled.