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1. A drawstring handbag or purse.
2. A reticle.

[French réticule, from Latin rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.]


2. (General Physics) a variant of reticle
[C18: from French réticule, from Latin rēticulum reticle]


(ˈrɛt ɪˌkyul)

1. a small purse or bag, orig. of network but later of fabric.
[1720–30; < French réticule < Latin rēticulum reticle]


- An older term for a small handbag, it alludes to the fact that they were originally made of netted fabric—Latin rete, "net," became reticulum, "netted bag."
See also related terms for net.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.reticule - a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
handbag, purse, bag, pocketbook - a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
2.reticule - a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
cross hair, cross wire - either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration; "he had the target in his cross hairs"
network - a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"


[ˈretɪkjuːl] N
1. (Opt) → retículo m
2. (Hist) (= bag) → ridículo m
References in classic literature ?
'But I've come on business,' said Georgiana, sobbing and drying her face, and then searching in a little reticule, 'and if I don't despatch it I shall have come for nothing, and oh good gracious!
"'Yesterday a black satin reticule was lost in the Grands Magasins de la Louvre.
"That is true, Mademoiselle de Montmorenci," said Lydgate, just bending his head to the table and lifting with his fourth finger her delicate handkerchief which lay at the mouth of her reticule, as if to enjoy its scent, while he looked at her with a smile.