Reticule

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:40:01

Ret"i*cule (?), n.. [F. r'eticule, 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.

 

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