'Reticule' definitions:

Definition of 'reticule'

(from WordNet)
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 [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]

Definition of 'Reticule'

From: GCIDE
  • Reticule \Ret"i*cule\, n.. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle. [1913 Webster]