FIG LEAF


Meaning of FIG LEAF in English

1. the leaf of a fig tree.

2. a representation of a fig leaf, used as an ornament in architecture, as a cover for the genitalia on a statue or in a painting, etc.

3. something intended to conceal what may be considered indecorous or indecent: to approach the facts of life with the fig leaves of roundabout expressions.

[ 1525-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .