Definition of "gest" in İngilizce

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.

noun

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gist (“a stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest”).