A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes. / A method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.

Relating to or part of a retaliation.

(Australia, South Africa) The piped-water network (as opposed to well water).

That can be retracted (as a cat's claws)

plural of reticulated water

(law) A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair

(transitive) To cut down or reduce. / (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.

(transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

(specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing. / (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.

(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.