English
Etymology
French réticule, from Latin reticulum.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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#A reticle; a grid, network, or crosshatch, especially as found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment.
- A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 606:
#*:Pléiade [...] lingered through another bottle of wine before producing from her reticule a Vacheron & Constantin watch
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