Breadcrumbs

Origin

Sense 2 comes from the German fairy tale , where Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to find the way back home when venturing in to the woods.

Alternative forms

• bread crumbs

Noun

plural

1. Plural of breadcrumb
2. (Internet) A trail of hyperlinks that lead consecutively to the current page, displayed in the page as a guide and a means of navigating easily to any of the pages in the trail