back and fill

Verb

figuratively

(nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.

Japanese Meaning

（航海用語）風や潮流の影響で船が流されるのを防ぎ、川や水路の中央に船を安定させるために、帆が前後から交互に風を受けるように操る操作を行うこと

What is this buttons?

With the current pushing hard and the wind opposing them, the helmsman ordered the crew to back and fill the sails to keep the sloop centered in the channel.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

潮流が強く押し、風が逆らう中、舵手は乗組員に帆を前後交互に操作して船を水路の中央に留めるよう命じた。

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Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(figuratively) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.

back and fills

（ present singular third-person ）

back and filling

（ participle present ）

back and filled

（ participle past ）

back and filled

（ past ）

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