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.

---

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

---

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

It has a double bar, singletree, neck yoke, one grain compartment with eight grain boots, and a packing wheel for each boot.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

For many years it was the invariable custom to repeat the Exposition, and in Classic Symphonies we always find a double bar with marks of repeat and two endings.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond