reticule Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ret"i*cule noun
Etymology
F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net. Cf.Retina, Reticle.
Definitions
  1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.
  2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

Webster 1913