Inning

in′ing, 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 po e ion of anything: ( pl. ) lands recovered from the sea.— Good innings , or Long innings , good luck, or a long run of such. [A verbal noun from old verb to inn —i.e. to house corn, from noun inn .]