pylon

1. (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.Examples: "The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures."; "After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand."; "These smaller pylons have might not possess the majesty of the giant 400 kV pylons, but they have a squat charm all of their own and 132 kV was the original voltage of the National Grid when it was rolled out in the 1920s."

2. (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.

3. (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.

4. (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.historical

5. (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.historical

6. (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.