different between reticule vs reticle

English

Etymology

From French réticule, from Latin reticulum, diminutive of r?te (“net”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?kju?l/

Noun

reticule (plural reticules)

1. A reticle; a grid in the eyepiece of an instrument. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017: "The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel" by Eric Grundhauser

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

2. A small women's bag made of a woven net-like material. [from 19th c.]
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 1:

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

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book 3, Chapter 8,^[1]

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

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 606,^[2]

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

Translations

Anagrams

• crueltie

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