réseau noun. ['reɪzǝʊ, rezo] Pl. -eaux [-ǝʊ, -o]. Also rézel ['reɪzɛl, rezɛl (pl. same)/. L16.
[French = net, web.]
1. A plain net ground used in lace-making. L16.
réseau à l'aiguille [ɑ: 'leɪgwi:, a legij] [aiguille needle] handmade net ground in needlepoint lace. réseau ordinaire [ɔ:dɪ'nɛ:, ɔrdinɛ:r] [= ordinary] standard machine-made net ground. réseau rosacé [rǝʊ'zaseɪ, rozase] [= rosaceous] a mesh ground with a flower pattern.

2. A network, a grid, esp. one superimposed as a reference marking on a photograph in astronomy, surveying, etc. E20.

3. A spy or intelligence network, esp. in the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940-5). M20.

► See also VRAI RéSEAU.

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