Original: Their use when clothing is stored out-of-season gave rise to the colloquial usage of the terms '' mothballed '' and '' put into mothballs '' to refer to anything which is put into storage or whose operation is suspended .
Simplified: Their use when clothing is stored out-of-season led to the colloquial usage of the terms mothballed and put into mothballs to refer to anything which is put into storage or whose operation is suspended .