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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reticule \Ret"i*cule\, noun. [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.
2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reticule
noun
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}]
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