Excursion

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.

4. Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Synonyms: Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.