Nāpe, n.
n. [Allied to nap, a knop.] 1. The back part of the neck.
She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught, That, in the very door, him over-caught, And, in his nape arriving, through it thrilled His greedy throat. Spenser.
Sense 2. A piece of wood used to support the pole or tongue of a wagon; a neap. See NEAP, 2.