0 present participle of mothball --
1 to stop work on an idea, plan, or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future: --
There is no disarmament in that instance, simply some mothballing or some provisional unscrewing.
To sum up, it may be that a strong case for mothballing relief can be argued for particular firms.
We have overcapacity and the mothballing of stations.
It is difficult to envisage the mothballing of manufacturing industry.
In my area, a health authority and a trust are mothballing provision in the public sector for long-term care of the elderly confused.
I shall hazard a guess about what mothballing means.
Today's mothballing could be the death knell of the whole plant within three years.
It will also mean the mothballing of the training school and no replacement of any personnel or vehicles.
