What does "excursion" mean?
Excursion: A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
Additional senses
- 2.A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.
- 3.(Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.] See Journey.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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