Excursion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Excursion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excursion n a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" Synonym(s): excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay wandering from the main path of a journey Synonym(s): digression, excursion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excursion \Excur"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. [An awkward use of the word.] Syn: Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See {Journey}.