Excursion /(?)/

Ex·cur·sion

Excursion
  1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
    Far on excursion toward the gates of hell.
    They would make excursions and waste the country.
  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.
  4. Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.] (Mach.)