Ex‐cur″sion (?). [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.] 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. (Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke.
Syn. — Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.