1. A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument; SYN. gash, slashing.
2. An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind).

A mark / used typically to denote 'or' (as in and/or), 'and or' (as in straggler/deserter), or 'per' (as in feet/second) — called also diagonal, slant, solidus, virgule

A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information; SYN. slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix.
Stroke, oblique or slash
Oblique line (/); slash.

/.

Slanting line; solidus; /
Slanting mark (/) indicating pause, hyphen, or alternative.