gest

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest.

noun

1. (archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
2. (archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
   a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon And surely no Ceremonies of dedication , no not of Solomons Temple it self , are comparable to those sacred gests , whereby this place was sanctified
3. (archaic) Bearing; deportment.
4. (obsolete) A gesture or action.

Etymology 2

Compare gist (“a resting-place”).

noun

1. (obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
2. (obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
   The pictured lives of martyr, or of saint, 1829, John Hanmer, “Proteus”, in Fra Cipolla: And Other Poems