Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered salmon.'' --Dickens.
I surprised him, hard at work in his smoker's apron, but he nipped off happily to his files to satisfy my curiosity. Neither the Scottish nor the English, it seems, can claim the invention of the kippered herring.