Meaning of reticule | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
2. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. A drawstring handbag or purse.
4. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
5. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material
6. A reticle.
7. (Clothing & Fashion) (in the 18th and 19th centuries) a woman's small bag or purse, usually in the form of a pouch with a drawstring and made of net, beading, brocade, etc
8. (General Physics) a variant of reticle
9. a small purse or bag, orig. of network but later of fabric.
10. reticle.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“When reading the note⟳, and arriving at an assurance of Helen's absence, Lady Anne had indignantly crushed it in her hand, and thrust it into her reticule, but, on her return⟳ home, whilst Fanchette was industriously employed upon her hair with the invaluable liquid dye, she drew out the rumpled paper, and read⟳ the concluding paragraph.”

“Major Arthur Pendennis, arrived in due time at Fairoaks, after a dreary night passed in the mail-coach, … where a widow lady, opposite, had not only shut⟳ out the fresh air by closing all the windows of the vehicle, but had filled the interior with fumes of Jamaica rum and water, which she sucked perpetually from a bottle in her reticule […]”

“She carries some small litter in a reticule which she calls her documents, principally consisting of paper matches and dry lavender.”

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

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

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

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