[syn: closure, cloture]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
See Closure, 5.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cloture
n 1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
[syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law]
v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure,
cloture]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloture":
cloture by compartment, committee consideration, debate,
deliberation, division, filibuster, filibustering, filing,
first reading, guillotine, introduction, kangaroo cloture,
logrolling, roll call, second reading, steamroller methods,
tabling, talkathon, third reading, vote