reticule

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

From French réticule, from Latin rēticulum, diminutive of rēte (“net”). Doublet of reticle, reticulum, and Reticulum.

Monsieur Rouletabille asked about the reticule. — The Mystery of the Yellow Room, Gaston Leroux
"News.... More than any reticule will hold! — Royal Highness, Thomas Mann
She searched in her reticule for more calamus-root. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

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