reticule

French réticule, from Latin reticulum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛtɪkjuːl/

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reticule (plural reticules)

1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017: "The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel" by Eric Grundhauser

     [H]er hair had been used to create the reticule in the famous Norden bombsight—a top-secret WWII targeting device.

2. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material. [from 19th c.]
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book 3, Chapter 8,

     Miss Pross, exploring the depths of her reticule through her tears with great difficulty, paid for her wine.

   • 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 150:

     Eleanor wore a green silk dress to bring out here eyes, with an ivory tatted collar and reticule to match.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 606,

     Pléiade […] lingered through another bottle of wine before producing from her reticule a Vacheron & Constantin watch […] .

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