'Inning' definitions:
Definition of 'inning'
From: WordNet
noun
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
Definition of 'Inning'
From: GCIDE
- Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned ([i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Inning.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inning'
From: GCIDE
- Inning \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.]
- 1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; -- 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]