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1. WordNet® 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]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
   See Closure, 5.
   [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for cloture:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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