virgule

IPA: vˈɝgjʌɫ

(typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨[[Unsupported titles/`vert`#Translingual||]]⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
(typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
(typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨[[Unsupported titles/`vert`#Translingual||]]⟩.
(poetry) Used to mark metrical feet.

Examples of "virgule" in Sentences

Often, the French ‘virgule’ is used differently than in English.
In English the word virgule denotes “/”, the mark commonly known as the slash.
A virgule is closer to the vertical than a solidus, but usually one has to see them side by side in the same typeface to know the difference.
It was once common as a sort of bullet point and in legal codes, but is now visible mostly to writers using word-processing programs. virgule:/
Commas were not employed until the 16th century; in early printed books in English one sees a virgule a slash like this /, which the comma replaced around 1520.
Slavs! had minimal impact for me, and although in Home/Kabul, the segment preceding the virgule is inspired, the lengthier portion following that slash, he has yet to get right.
The term "slash" comes from the virgule (or slash) between character names - for instance Kirk/Spock is fiction dealing with a gay relationship between "Star Trek's" Kirk and Spock.