different between inning vs finning

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Noun

inning (plural innings)

1. (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.

2. (softball) A similar period of play.

3. (billiards) A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.

5. (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
   • 1563, Richarde Jugge, Anno Quinto Reginae Elizabethe:

     […] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […]

6. (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)

Related terms

• top: (baseball, softball) first half of an inning
• bottom: (baseball, softball) second half of an inning

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (iningu)

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

inning

1. present participle of inn

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inin/, [?i.n?n]

Noun

inning m (plural innings)

1. (baseball) inning

English

Etymology

fin +? -ing

Noun

finning (uncountable)

1. The act of removing a live shark's fin, and releasing the shark back into the sea.

Verb

finning

1. present participle of fin