Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reticule \Ret"i*cule\, n.. [F. r['e]ticule, L. reticulum, dim.
   of rete a net. Cf.{Retina}, {Reticle}.]
   1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or
      a little bag to be carried in the hand. --De Quincey.

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

Source : WordNet®

reticule
     n 1: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading
          or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
     2: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the
        focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn:
         {reticle}, {graticule}]