reticule

ret·i·cule  (rt-kyl)

n.

1. A drawstring handbag or purse.

2. A reticle.

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[French réticule, from Latin rticulum, diminutive of rte, net.]

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reticule [ˈrɛtɪˌkjuːl]

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) (in the 18th and 19th centuries) a woman's small bag or purse, usually in the form of a pouch with a drawstring and made of net, beading, brocade, etc.

2. (Physics / General Physics) a variant of reticle

[from French réticule, from Latin rēticulum reticle]

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reticule - An older term for a small handbag, it alludes to the fact that they were originally made of netted fabric—Latin rete, "net," became reticulum, "netted bag."

See also related terms for net.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reticule - a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries handbag, purse, bag, pocketbook - a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
	2.	reticule - a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument graticule, reticle cross hair, cross wire - either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration; "he had the target in his cross hairs" eyepiece, ocular - combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments network - a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"

Translations

reticule [ˈretɪkjuːl] N

1. (Opt) → retículo m

2. (Hist) (= bag) → ridículo m