·noun An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
II. Pylon ·noun A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway.
III. Pylon ·add. ·noun Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an Aeroplane.
IV. Pylon ·add. ·noun A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span.
V. Pylon ·add. ·noun A post, tower, or the like, as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.