Meaning of Virgule | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
   historical, obsolete
2. A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
   dated
3. Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
   dated
4. A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
   dated
5. Used to mark metrical feet.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.”

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