Reticule

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reticule \Ret"i*cule\, n.. [F. r['e]ticule, L. reticulum, dim.
     of rete a net. Cf.{Retina}, {Reticle}.]
     1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or
        a little bag to be carried in the hand. --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or
        other instrument; a reticle.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reticule
       n 1: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading
            or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
       2: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the
          focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn:
           {reticle}, {graticule}]