Definition of nape:

part of speech: noun

The prominent joint of the neck behind; the back of the neck.

Usage examples:

• And I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face ignominiously shoved against the kitchen wall, because I did not answer those questions at sufficient length. James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes in "Dickens As an Educator".

• Balancing himself on the arm of her chair, he had his face hidden in the nape of her neck, where he affected ecstasy and the sniffing in of fragrance, as if his mother were a flower. in "".

• Of one thing he was excitedly conscious: that dreadful and persistent dragging feeling at the nape of his neck had vanished. in "".

• There were never any " scolding locks" at the nape of her neck, as there were on other necks that had come under his eye. in "".