Definition of inning

< Inness, George

innkeeper >

in·ning    (nng) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
   2. innings(used with a sing. verb) Sports The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment. Often used in the plural with singular or plural verb.
3. The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.

---

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung, gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in ; see in¹