1. The
act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
first appearance; as, the
opening of a speech. "The
opening of your
glory was
like that of light." (Dryden)
2. A
seat which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. "We
saw him at the
opening of
his tent." (Shak)
3. Hence: A vacant seat; an opportunity; as, an
opening for business.
4. A
thinly wooded space,
without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as,
oak openings.
Source: Websters Vocabulary