nape
noun
Origin of nape
Examples from the Web for nape
Contemporary Examples of nape
His black hair sweeps back from the crest of his high forehead and laps at the nape of his neck; his lips are pursed.
His gray hair curls at the nape, but he is as graceful as he was in 1949, his timing as immaculate.
Oref—The homefront, although literally, the back of the neck, the nape.
From there, the pain shoots out toward my temple and down to the nape of my neck.
Historical Examples of nape
She could hear his light breathing, she could discern his profile, then the nape of his neck.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
But Gilles took him by the nape of his dirty neck and haled him back into the room.
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
Oliver caught him by the nape of his neck, spun him round, and flung him into the arms of Jasper.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
Pull the nape cord taut and tie it to neck-wire in roof of mouth.
TaxidermyLeon Luther Pray
For the pain in the head, a blister to the nape of the neck.