different between crosshatch vs reticle

English

Alternative forms

• cross-hatch

Etymology

From cross- +? hatch

Pronunciation

Noun

crosshatch (plural crosshatches)

1. A pattern of crossing lines.

Translations

Verb

crosshatch (third-person singular simple present crosshatches, present participle crosshatching, simple past and past participle crosshatched)

1. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reticulum, diminutive of Latin rete (“net”). Doublet of reticulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?k?l/

Noun

reticle (plural reticles)

1. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”)
   • 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, vol. 20, page ix:

     On the following day Mrs. Kent went into the bed-room; and laid a reticle, which contained the money, upon her bed; and afterwards returned into the sitting-room; leaving the door between that and the bed-room open. After she had remained in the sitting-room about five minutes, she sent Miss S. for the reticle; and it was not to be found.

Usage notes

Used in form “have somebody or something in one’s reticle”, meaning “to be targeting somebody or something”.

Related terms

• graticule
• Reticulum
• reticule

Translations

Anagrams

• clerite, tercile, tiercel