[kip.per] n [ME kypre, fr. OE cypera; akin to OE coper copper] (bef. 12c) 1: a male salmon or sea trout during or after the spawning season
2: a kippered herring or salmon
[2]kipper vt kip.pered ; kip.per.ing (1773): to cure (split dressed fish) by salting and smoking -- kip.per.er n