virgule: Meaning and Definition of

vir•gule

1. a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
2. a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.:Also called 3/21/27; 3/4; Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee.