inning Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

In"ning noun
Etymology
AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.
Definitions
  1. Ingathering; harvesting. Obs. Holland.
  2. 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.
  3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.

Webster 1913