gest

noun4

1. •
   (no longer used) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

   • The tales of Robin Hood, or the gests written by Ariost the Italian in his booke intituled Orlando furioso. — 1577
2. •
   (no longer used) Bearing; deportment.
3. •
   (no longer used) A gesture or action.

   • They did obeysaunce, as beseemed right, / And then againe returned to their restes: / The Porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes. — 1590
4. •
   (no longer used) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.

   • And surely no Ceremonies of dedication , no not of Solomons Temple it self , are comparable to those sacred gests , whereby this place was sanctified — 1639