'Kipper time' definitions:

Definition of 'Kipper time'

From: GCIDE
  • Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
  • 1. (Zool.) A salmon after spawning. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
  • Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]