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Goun(e, Gown(e, n. Also: govn(e, govnne, gounn, gouyn, gouen; gon, gone. [ME. gown, goun (14th c.), OF. goune, gon(n)e, med L. gouna, gonna, gunna, of obscure origin.] A gown. (Freq. in 15–16th c.)(a) 1375 Barb. viii. 468.
Thair gownys deliuerly … thai kest avay Ib. xix. 352.
A gown on his armyng he had c1420 Wynt. iii. 37.
That ilk suerd that tyme had he … in prewate Wndyr his gown Ib. iv. 2322.
Wyth his left hand he held downe The nether lap thare off his gowne 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 16.
A gowne of clath of gold c1475 Wall. iv. 765.
Hir gown he tuk on hym, and courches als Ib. vi. 447.
Thi gowne and hose in haist thow put off syne c1515 Asl. MS. I. 224/12.
All vther graith that thai had that was oucht worth, viz. gownis, clokis, hudis, bannettis 1538 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 91.
The remanent to be in gowne of silk agane the Quenis entrie 1558 Rentale Dunkeld. 359.
Sewin ellis of blak gray to be Eduard ane gowne and George ane cott a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxii. 19.
The preistis thocht that thai did weill Quhone that thai … Vsit round cappis and gownis to thair heill 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 112.
Ane womanes gowne of saybombasie(b) 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 13.
For a syde govne to the King Ib. 30.
Brade clath for ij govnis and ij kirtillis c1475 Wall. i. 239.
A roussat goun of hir awn scho him gaif Apon his weyd 1483 Acta Aud. *112/1.
The said James sal restore … twa side govnis, ane blak, ane vther gray 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 238.
Ane fyne buge skin to the fent of ane goun 1525 Misc. Bann. C. III. 108.
My blak govne of dammes wyth siluer bouttouneis 1566–7 Fleming Q. Mary 505.
To lyne tua gounis of satine and velvat of reid taffatie. xiiij elle a1578 Pitsc. I. 258/11.
In this mean tyme thair come ane man clade in ane blew goune in at the kirk doore 1618 Edinb. Test. L. 117.
Scho leues to … hir brother dochter ane vther goune of sey bombasie c1650 Spalding I. 39.
[The bishop] in his rotchet, … abone the quhilk his blak goun is put on a 1686 Turner Mem. 149.
Betueene eight and nine I arose once more, … haveing onlie my night goune upon me, … I went to the street in my goune(c) 1457 Peebles B. Rec. 119.
A gon and a hud and a bonat 1458 Ib. 130.
A gra gon and a red bonet 1493 Halyb. 6.
For a gon that I causit our wardin frist him 1521 Reg. Cupar A. I. 318.
The said Den Johne suld gif to the man and his sister fourty merkis … and ane gone

b. Attrib. with body, clasp, cloth, sleve, tail. 1473–4 Treas. Acc. I. 20.
Sating to lyne vthir twa gowne sleifis 1604 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 31.
To cover the balling … of ȝour dochteris twa goun bodyis 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII. 17 b.
Aucht stringis of gowne claspis 1627 Brechin Test. IV. 292.
Ane govne taill of spanis taiffite c1650 Spalding I. 39.
His armes throw the goun sleives, and abone his goun sleives is … lavne drawin on 1676 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV. 523.
He … strak her throw the goun cloath slenting upon her body 1687 Montgomery Mem. 339.
Ane black moyhair gown taill