The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kipper time
Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
(Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning.
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A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]
Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]