trailhead

See also: trail head

English

Trailhead, Castroville, Tx

Alternative forms

• trail head

Etymology

From trail +‎ head.

Noun

trailhead (plural trailheads)

1. The beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
   • 2010 January 22, Krista Mahr, “Authentic Asian Experiences (Round II): See Hong Kong's Greener Side”, in Time‎^[1], retrieved 13 August 2016:

     Take a bus or a cab to the trailhead, and walk a couple of hours to the magnificent, cow-inhabited Tai Long Wan beach.

2. (gaming) The initial clue that leads to an alternate reality game.

   Synonym: rabbit hole

   • 2017, Sangkyun Kim, Kibong Song, Barbara Lockee, John Burton, Gamification in Learning and Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 27:

     The trailhead can be exposed to potential gamers through social network services, websites, emails, or sometimes non-electronic media.

Further reading

• trailhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia