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Definition of Opening line
1. Noun. The first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opening Line
Literary usage of Opening line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"She wrote it «luring (lie night, road the lines to the guests them to Mr.
Hope's alburn, now preserved i ii(>xt morning, and committed opening line ..."
2. Dredges and Dredging by Charles Prelini (1911)
"In the double-line system the bucket is suspended by two lines, one called the
closing or hoisting line and the other the opening line. ..."
3. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"... it will be advisable to construct two segment heads at the front, one at the
opening line А В of Fig. 223 and the other at the chord line AC, then, ..."
4. The Leofric missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate by Catholic Church, Frederick Edward Warren (1883)
"The more dignified festivals are marked by the increased size and more ornamental
treatment of the initial letters, and of the opening line or lines. ..."
5. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1906)
"To continue our calculations, line 4 rev. of the commentary represents the opening
line of the third tablet, as is shown by a comparison with the colophons ..."
6. The Complete Works of John Keats by John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman (1900)
"... and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils
15 1, The manuscript shows no variation in this renowned opening line; ..."
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