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What is a figleaf?

What is a figleaf? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of fig leaf
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Examples
Football is the ultimate figleaf when it comes to idle chit-chat.
I am not afraid of Benjamin Netanyahu, we will not be his figleaf.
As a consequence, leaves may wilt or even be injured as previously observed for cucumber and figleaf gourd in response to low root temperature.
Her proposal that it would instead be the subject of a separate bill to be put to Parliament if needed in an emergency was dismissed by opponents as a figleaf.
True, all hideous regimes had their figleaf intellectuals and with a few exceptions, the regimes in the Balkans are not hideous.
Of all the lousy excuses for running scared, Cameron hiding behind a Green figleaf is up there with Adam blaming Eve for that incident with the apple.

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