Lexic.us

Definition of Reticule

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.

Definition of Reticule

1. n.. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.

Definition of Reticule

1. Noun. Variant spelling of reticle. ¹

2. Noun. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reticule

1. a woman's handbag [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reticule

1. 1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. 2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle. Origin: F. Reticule, L. Reticulum, dim. Of rete a net. Cf.Retina, Reticle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticule

reticularians reticularis cell reticularly reticulate reticulated reticulated bone reticulated corpuscle reticulated python reticulated water reticulated waters

reticulately reticulates reticulating reticulation reticulations reticule (current term) reticules reticulin reticuline oxidase reticulitis

reticulo- reticulocyte reticulocyte lysate reticulocytes reticulocytopenia reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial cell reticuloendothelial system

Literary usage of Reticule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"A perfect reticule—Bridgewater Treatise by Dr Roget—Natural History less dependent on other Sciences than Astronomy— or Comparative Anatomy ; Want of ..."

2. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"into her reticule what looked very like a circulating library volume, as soon as her father entered the room. Still he was not only my assured, ..."

3. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... -vidde range of sight, -vinkel visual angle. Sy pige se -jomfru. -pose work-bag, reticule. -pude sewing cushion. Syn.taks [c] syntax, -taktisk [a] ..."

4. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"(lady's) work-bag, reticule; —biene,/. Bee, worker, working-bee; — btto), n. workmen's book; — frau,/. workwoman; ..."

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