noun gesture; bearing; deportment.
2. gest ·noun a guest.
3. gest ·noun a tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
4. gest ·noun an action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
5. gest ·noun a stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
6. gest ·noun something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
7. gest ·noun a roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. many of them are extant in the herald's office.