Definition of "warehousing"

[…] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.

1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives

Warehousing was vital in a time when storms, poor harvests and wars made supplies unreliable.

1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 90