gest

noun

1. (obsolete) A gesture or action.

2. (archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

3. (archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.

4. (archaic) bearing; deportment

5. (obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.

6. (obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.