Inning

['ɪnɪŋ]

Definition

(noun.) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.

Typed by Allan--From WordNet

Definition

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inn

(n.) Ingathering; harvesting.

(n.) The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

(n.) Lands recovered from the sea.

Typed by Ellie

Definition

n. the ingathering of grain: turn for using the bat in cricket (in this sense used only in the plural): the time during which a person or party is in possession of anything: (pl.) lands recovered from the sea.—Good innings or Long innings good luck or a long run of such.

Edited by Alison