Sweeping cut (5)
I believe the answer is:
slash
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sweeping cut</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for slash that I've seen before include "Cut crudely" , "Cut with sweeping strokes" , "something between a month and a year" , "Drastically prune" , "Oblique stroke" .)