<?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">flails</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>threshing flail</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>agricultural equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>flail</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Implements consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter staff or club, called a swingle or swipple, is so hung as to swing freely. One example is used for threshing corn.  ]]></note></mads>