inning

One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.

The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.

An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment.

The process of taking in; specifically, the reclaiming of marshy land by draining and banking and fitting it for bearing crops; also the land so reclaimed.

The act or process of getting in, as crops; harvesting.

A bringing or taking in; an ingathering, as of grain; a winning or gaining.

The time during which a person or party is in, or in action, in a game or an operation; a turn: usually (in Great Britain always) in the plural form, whether with a singular or a plural sense.

The term of office of a person; the time during which a party is in power; more generally, any opportunity for activity or influence: as, it is your innings now.

Land inclosed, when recovered from the sea.