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reticules

reticules is the plural of reticule.

Meaning of reticule

Noun

reticule (plural reticules)

  1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument.
    • [H]er hair had been used to create the reticule in the famous Norden bombsight—a top-secret WWII targeting device.2017, Eric Grundhauser, The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel
  2. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material.
    • 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...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 183

Questions about reticules

What is reticules the plural of?
Reticules is the plural of reticule.

Words near reticules in the dictionary

  1. reticulation
  2. reticulations
  3. reticulatoside
  4. reticule
  5. reticuled
  6. reticules
  7. reticulin
  8. reticuline
  9. reticulinic
  10. reticulins
  11. reticulite

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