What does the word nape mean?
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Usage examples for nape
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The
canons,
bending,
thought
they
felt
it
on
the
nape
of
their
necks
with
the
coldness
of
steel.
– The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibañez
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And
again,
on
another
occasion
when
the
enemy
presented
a
favourable
opportunity
for
attacking
them,
but
the
Romans
lacked
courage,
and
both
sides
retired,
he
summoned
his
soldiers
together,
and
said, "
I
don't
know
whether
to
call
the
enemy
or
you
greater
cowards;
for
they
could
not
see
your
back,
nor
you
their
nape."
– Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart & George Long
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Seeing
that
the
relations
between
the
parties
were "
strained"
almost
to
the
breaking-
point,
one
of
the
less
warlike
among
the
Ratura
chiefs
caught
his
own
spokesman
by
the
nape
of
the
neck,
and
hurled
him
back
among
his
comrades.
– The Madman and the Pirate by R.M. Ballantyne