intransitive verb
1. : to trim a sail so that it will catch the wind full
2. : to proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind
the fleet had … begun to fill away on a northerly course — S.E.Morison
intransitive verb
1. : to trim a sail so that it will catch the wind full
2. : to proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind
the fleet had … begun to fill away on a northerly course — S.E.Morison
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012