Virgules meaning : A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark. A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩, particularly in its use to mark line breaks within quotes. A pipe, ⟨|⟩, particularly in its use to mark metrical feet.