Nape
[neɪp] or [nep]
Definition
(n.) The back part of the neck.
Edited by Ingram
Definition
n. the back upper part of the neck perhaps so called from the knob or projecting point of the neck behind.
Typed by Ada
Examples
- He was a brave man, but he had felt the short hairs bristle upon the nape of his neck when that uncanny cry rose upon the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Gerald went about all day with a tendency to cringe, as if there were the point of a sword of Damocles pricking the nape of his neck. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Steven