Etymology is fascinating some times. It appears that the use of "duck" as a type of fabric is still alive in English, though a lot of technical fabric terms are

Etymology is fascinating some times. It appears that the use of "duck" as a type of fabric is still alive in English, though a lot of technical fabric terms aren't really well known in the general populous anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duck http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duck (4)