double bar

American  

noun

Music.

1. a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.

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double bar British  

noun

1. music a symbol, consisting of two ordinary bar lines or a single heavy one, that marks the end of a composition or a section within it

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Etymology

Origin of double bar

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.

From Time • Feb. 13, 2012

Yet occasionally a work comes along that sums up everything�right or wrong�about a given period so completely that nothing can come after it: an unequivocal double bar, a decisive fine.

From Time Magazine Archive

A double bar line, either heavy or light, is used to mark the ends of larger sections of music, including the very end of a piece, which is marked by a heavy double bar.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

In a modern composition all would have run on with never a double bar.

From Purcell by Runciman, John F.

Note.—In the early part of the season the song ends with the first double bar; later in the season it is extended, in frequent instances, as in the notes that follow.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various