Parliamentary procedure

• Debate-ending procedure
• Debate ending
• Cutting off a debate
• Debate-limiting method
• Senatorial speed-up
• Filibuster stopper
• Debate ender

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice) See Closure , 5.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871, the French word for "closure, the action of closing," applied to debates in the French Assembly ("action of closing (debate) by will of a majority"), then to the House of Commons and U.S. Congress, from French clôture , from Old French closture (see ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cloture (US: ; British:), closure , or, informally, a guillotine is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly , from which the name is taken. ...