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 particular, the use of double bar lines or repeats seems to be almost entirely arbitrary.

From The Beggar's Opera to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song by Fraser, Claud Lovat

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