英和和英

動詞

fill away (三人称単数 現在形 fills away, 現在分詞 filling away, 過去形および過去分詞形 filled away)

1. Let the wind fill the sails of a sailing ship and start sailing.
   • 1840, [Richard Henry Dana Jr.], “Chapter XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. 106), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], OCLC 191240091:

     It was just dinner-time when we filled away; and the steward, taking a few bunches of onions for the cabin, gave the rest to us, with a bottle of vinegar.

   • 1868, Oliver Optic, Breaking Away: Or, The Fortunes of a Student, page 286:

     "It appears that you have used the boat without authority, and permitted her to be taken from you by a parcel of boys. I will see you at my house this evening. You may fill away, Ernest , if you are ready."

   • 2020, Charles D. White, Handbook of Sailing, page 162:

     Using this as a snubbing line allows your boat to drift clear of the others and fill away.