inning
inning definition
in·ning (in′iŋ)
noun
- Now Rare
- an enclosing or reclaiming, as of wasteland
- lands reclaimed, as from the sea
- Baseball, Cricket
- 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
- 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
- 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
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