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graticule

gra·ti·cule

UK/ˈɡɹætɪkjuːl/ US/ˈɡɹætəˌkjul/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket

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Borrowed from French graticule, from Medieval Latin grātīcula, from Latin crāticula (“grating, grill”), from crātis (“hurdle; wickerwork”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *kréh₂-tis (“fenced handiwork”)) + -cula (feminine form of -culus, a variant of -ulus (“diminutive suffix”)).

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