What is "nape of the neck"

Usage examples of "nape of the neck".

These animals were able to draw both with head and neck, as their yoke was fastened on the nape of the neck, and to this a collar was attached by an iron peg.

Traz, after a diffident glance at Reith, arrayed himself in a fine golden ocher cloak, boots of soft black leather, a beautifully wrought casque of thin steel, drooping and splaying to protect the nape of the neck.

Patched grey and black skin, tufts of silver-tipped black hair on the broad shoulders and the nape of the neck, a sunken-eyed, withered face, jaws stretching wide to reveal canines - voicing a deep, grating roar.

His hair, both curled at the base of the skull and pigged at the nape of the neck, suggested a bit of vanity as well.

In profile, they had a deep depression at the nape of the neck between their domed heads and a high hump of stored fat on the withers.

A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him.

Vascay grasped Thalemos by the waistband and the nape of the neck.

Black hair was pulled back and tightly braided at the nape of the neck, giving the head an even harsher look, like the raven's skull.

With her blood-fused needle tool she probed into the head just above the nape of the neck.

A Parthian's blade took him at the nape of the neck, and his head fell first.