Kipper meaning
A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
noun
To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
verb
To cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by cleaning, salting, and drying or smoking.
verb
A male salmon or sea trout during or shortly after the spawning season.
noun
A kippered herring, salmon, etc.
noun
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(military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
noun
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Origin of kipper
Middle English kipre a male salmon in the spawning season from Old English cypera probably from cyperen of copper from coper copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season) copper1