double hyphen

noun

: a punctuation mark ⸗ used in place of a hyphen at the end of a line to indicate that the word so divided is normally hyphenated

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

double hyphen

noun

: a punctuation mark ⸗ that is used in place of a hyphen in a word divided at the end of a line to show that the word is usually hyphenated at that place