"às arrecuas" meaning in Portuguese

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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "english": "[…] it was not the same to walk on his leg, or better even on both, as it was to make his way going backward in movements of half a handspan or less.",
          "ref": "1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho",
          "text": "[…] não era o mesmo ir por seu pé, melhor ainda se pelos dois, e avançar às arrecuas, em deslocações de meio palmo ou menos.",
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        "with a backward motion, going backward"
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  "word": "às arrecuas"
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        {
          "english": "[…] it was not the same to walk on his leg, or better even on both, as it was to make his way going backward in movements of half a handspan or less.",
          "ref": "1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho",
          "text": "[…] não era o mesmo ir por seu pé, melhor ainda se pelos dois, e avançar às arrecuas, em deslocações de meio palmo ou menos.",
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  "word": "às arrecuas"
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