Meaning Of The Word Back and fill

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back and fill in British English
to handle sails so that they alternately spill wind and fill with wind, as in maneuvering in a narrow channel
to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
to trim the sails of a boat so that the wind strikes them first on the forward and then on the after side

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