shilling mark
English
editEtymology
editA 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.
Noun
editshilling mark (plural shilling marks)
- (UK, typography, historical) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
Synonyms
edit- See slash
References
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "shilling, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1914.