shilling mark

Senso (Inglese)

Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.

sinonimi

diagonal

forward slash

fraction

fraction bar

oblique stroke

separatrix

shilling stroke

slant

slash

solidus

virgule

Traduzioni

breukstreep

schuine streep

barra

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine latino: solidus

In summary

A development of the long s ⟨ſ⟩, an abbreviation of Latin solidus, used to mark the amount of shillings in a sum. Formerly also the slash in all its uses, but this extended sense was taken on by the term solidus.