In"ning (?), n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.] 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.

• (Baseball): A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
        It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
  
• (Softball): A similar period of play.
        We batted around in our half of the inning.
  
• (Cricket): A period of play in which members of a cricket team attempt to hit a bowled cricket ball until ten players are called out, or the batting team declares.
  
• A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
        We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.