verb. (common).—See quot.
1885. W. H. STEVENSON, in Notes and Queries, 6th. S. xi. 131. On the Trent a salmon is said to be KIPPER when it is seriously out of condition and has lost about half its weight. The fish are mostly found in this condition after the spawning season, but I have not hitherto been able to learn satisfactorily whether or not there is any connexion between the spawning and KIPPERING. From this has arisen the slang KIPPER = to die.
