<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">punches</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>metalworking punches</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>rivet sets</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>countersinks</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>woodworking punches</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>punching</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>punchwork</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>punches</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>punched engravings</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>marking tools and equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>punch</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Tools having a shaped tip at one end and a blunt butt end at the other, which is usually struck by a hammer. They are used by applying repeated sudden impact or by continuous pressure to make indentations, pricks, or sometimes perforations in various materials. They are usually in the form of a steel rod with an end that may take a variety of shapes used for marking, blanking, decoration, driving in nails, enlarging an existing hole. An example of the application of punches is in medieval altarpieces. ]]></note></mads>