noun

• (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.