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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sheep shears</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Ovis</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>wool</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>animal equipment</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>shears</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>shears, sheep</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheep shares</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheep shear</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheep sheer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheep-shears</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheepshears</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Hand held cutting devices similar to scissors, designed to cut the woolen fleece from sheep. The earliest examples date to Bronze Age Crete. ]]></note></mads>