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‖ cloture|klotyr|
[a. F. clôture:—OF. closture:—L. claustūra, a variant of clausūra, influenced by claustr-um, or by the more numerous words in -tūra: see -ure.]
The French word for the action of closing, applied (among other things) to the closing of a debate in the French Assembly by will of a majority. Thence sometimes applied to the closure in the British House of Commons at its first proposal, and (by opponents) after its introduction in 1882.
1871Edin. Rev. Jan. 74 Before the establishment of the cloture in the French Chamber. 1881Spectator 22 Jan. 108 Might not an unscrupulous party chief..use the cloture to arrest necessary discussion. 1882Standard 11 Nov. 5/1 The spirit which finds its expression in the Cloture is identical with that which animates the Caucus.
Hence cloture v. trans. and intr. (colloq.)
1886Pall Mall G. 2 Sept. 7/1 To try his hand at cloturing upon the new Irish party. 1887Shaw Lefevre in Ho. Comm. (Daily News 10 Mar. 3/3), The shutting out of all subsequent amendments to the one clotured. 1887Col. Nolan ibid. (Pall Mall G. 24 May 11/1), You are cloturing us in order to make a Whitsun holiday. |