Definition of "virgule"

virgule

/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/

noun
plural virgules
1. (typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
  Quotations
  Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.
  1990, John McDermott, Punctuation for Now, page 20
2. (typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
  1. Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
3. (typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
  1. (poetry) Used to mark metrical feet.