All 3 Uses of
excursion
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.†
Chpt 7 *
- It was an excursion of some miles across the moor to a place which is so dismal that it might have suggested the story.†
Chpt 8
- Such an excursion could not be kept secret.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
a short journey taken for pleasure
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey