pylon

Definition

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).

Example Sentences

• "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."