double-barrelled adjective3 •Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer. — 1972 •Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor. — 2018 •(figurative) Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).Range Rover ran an ad campaign referring to grouse shooting with the line: “There’s only one car for the double-barrelled.” — 2023