Definition of Innings

1. Noun. The batting turn of a cricket player or team.

Specialized synonyms: Follow-on
Generic synonyms: Play, Turn
Group relationships: Cricket
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Definition of Innings

1. Noun. (context: baseball) (plural of inning) ¹

2. Noun. (context: cricket) One side's or individual's turn to bat (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out,) or the runs scored during those timeframes. ¹

3. Noun. (British) The time during which any party is in possession of power; a turn of any kind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Innings

1. inning [n] - See also: inning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Innings

innervations
innerve
innerved
innerves
innerving
inneth
innew
innexin
innexins
innholder
innholders
innidiation
innies
inning
innings (current term)
innit
innitency
innixion
innkeeper
innkeepers
innkeeping
innless
innlike
innocences
innocencies
innocency
innocense
innocent

Literary usage of Innings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: Containing the History by John Henniker Heaton (1879)
"11 of Cambridge University, at Lords ; lost by 72 runs and 1 innings. ... 18 of Scarborough, at Scarborough: won bv 4C runs and 1 innings. ..."

2. Outing (1893)
"The home team batted first, and the feature of their innings was the score of 91 by Tyers, of New Jersey, made in very fine style. ..."

3. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"Excelsior, 16 runs ; Hudson River, 13 runs; 9 innings. ... Excelsior, 28 runs; St. George's Cricket and New York Base Ball Club, 15 runs; nine innings. ..."

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