noun

1. Now Rare
   1. an enclosing or reclaiming, as of wasteland
   2. lands reclaimed, as from the sea

2. Etymology: in + -ing

   Baseball, Cricket
   1. the period of play in which a team has a turn at bat, completed in baseball by three outs and in cricket by ten outs
   2. a numbered round of play in which both teams have a turn at bat: a baseball game normally consists of nine innings, and a cricket game of two innings
3. Informal the period of or opportunity for action, expression, exercise of authority, etc. the election gave him his innings

Etymology: ME inninge < OE innung, ger. of innian, to get in, put in