Inning
Inning , noun
[Anglo-Saxon innung, from in in, prep. & adv.]
1.
Ingathering; harvesting. [Obsolete] — Holland
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.
The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.
3.
Lands recovered from the sea. — Ainsworth