Kipper
Kipper , noun
[Dutch kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Compare Kipe.]
1.
(Zoology) A salmon after spawning.
2.
A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scottish]
Collocations (1)
Kipper time , the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [English & Scottish]
Kipper , transitive verb
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
Kippered salmon.
Kipper , adjective
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Provincial English] — Halliwell