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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

réticule

, L.

reticulum

, dim. of

rete

a net. Cf.

A little bag, originally of network; a woman’s workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.

De Quincey.

A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

See also: réticule and réticulé

reticule ‎(plural reticules)

Alternative form of reticle
A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
- 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
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
  ...and Miss Pross, exploring the depths of her reticule through her tears with great difficulty, paid for her wine.