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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nicht-, Nycht-goun(e, -gown(e, n. Also: night-. [ME. nyȝtgoun (a 1400), e.m.E. nyght- (1541), nightgown(e.]

A gown for wear at night.A kind of loose robe or dressing gown, often long and voluminous, for more or less public wear during the evening or night.As worn by either men or women. Often made of a large quantity of costly cloth and expensively lined.For many additional examples see the Indexes to the various vols. of Treas. Acc. 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 36.
For ij steik chamlot to be ane nycht goun to the King 1511–12 Ib. IV. 210.
To be the Quene ane nicht goune, xij elnis blak fyne satyne 1512 Ib. 217.
For ane haill lyning of powderit letteis, put be him in ane nicht goune of the Quenis of black satyn 1522 Ib. V. 194.
Nichtgoun 1529 Ib. 362. c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 21.
For Bawte … lyis on the Kingis nycht goun 1568 Buch. Indict. 34.
Quha according to hir comandment past to hir chalmer sark alane onlie coverit with his nycht gowne 1578 Inv. Wardrobe 223. c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxi. 9.
With that me thocht hir nicht-gowne of sche cuist 1632 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 235.
Ane gryt nycht goun of freisit cloth of gold 1645 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. iii. 42. 1649 Wemyss Chart. 231.
My ueilueitt nicht goune, my uofin ueiskott 1680 Cunningham Diary 115. 1684 Lauder Notices Affairs 538.
To prohibite the wearing of night-gouns and mantois in the streets (if they be of prohibited stuffs) a1686 Turner Mem. 149. 1696 Bk. Dunvegan I. 256 a.
For makin a manto into a night goune