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/ɹˈɛtɪkjˌuːl/
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NOUN
- a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
- a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
How To Use reticule In A Sentence
- What is called a reticule, which contains their pocket-handkerchief and work, is hanging by a gold chain to the arm, and is fringed with gold. RVABlogs
- A book of this kind is not larger than a thin octavo, and it maybe easily carried by your maid in her reticule without any parade, as, if it should not be wanted, it will be of very little incumbrance; whereas, if you have a table and the apparatus for drawing carried out, and should not happen to be visited by the pictorial muse, you will find it very disagreeable to be joked on so formidable a preparation having produced no result. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
- She rummaged in her reticule for a vinaigrette, dabbed her handkerchief with it and pressed the handkerchief to her nose.
- Tucked inside her reticule was another letter to Terence, while one of Anne Kingsley’s old dresses sat in her lap. Almost a Whisper
- Your shuttlecraft comes equipped with a targeting reticule and autolock system, but you will still be doing most of your targeting by eye, using the automated system only to track down your next target.
- This sorts out the different narrow spectral images, without danger of overlapping, and after their passage through the prism we find them again, and fix their position by means of the bolometer, which for this purpose is attached to a special kind of spectrometer, where its platinum thread replaces the reticule of the ordinary telescope. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
- He could hit such a source in the dark, by aligning the reticule on it, but the muzzle-flash of the shot would give away his presence. KARA KUSH
- Embarrassed at being so desperate, Elaine frantically searched inside her reticule for her practical if not pretty handkerchief and, having found it, proceeded to wipe away her silent tears.
- Miss Lyell, who had returned the vinaigrette to her reticule, now fumbled for it again,
- Viscountess Farnsworth resumed her beaming countenance after her wad of cash was safely stowed inside her reticule.
