Charivari
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A mock serenade of discordant noises made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; a vile or noisy music made with tin horns, bells, kettles, pans, etc., in derision of some person or event; a mock serenade.
198 Ill. 137.