overstock

Some people think it possible to overstock a district with bees; but we do not think it ever has occurred in Great Britain.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698|Various
You see there was no overstock of modesty among us, more than there is among most healthy boys.
Fernley House|Laura E. Richards
If you overstock your garden, it will give you many pangs to see how the plants in it suffer from the effect of crowding.
Amateur Gardencraft|Eben E. Rexford
At times, such is the overstock of importations, that goods are sold at lower prices in Valparaiso than in Europe.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for overstock

overstock

/ (ˌəʊvəˈstɒk) /

verb (tr)

to hold or supply (a commodity) in excess of requirements

to run more farm animals on (a piece of land) than it is capable of maintaining

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