foray

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒreɪ/

noun

  • a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid: the garrison made a foray against Richard’s camp
  • a brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere: my first foray into journalism

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • make or go on a foray: the place into which they were forbidden to foray

Derivatives

forayer

noun

Origin:

Middle English: back-formation from forayer 'a person who forays', from Old French forrier 'forager', from fuerre 'straw' (see forage)