<?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">heddle rods</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>looms</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>loom components</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>textile fabricating tools and equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>heddle rod</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>rods, heddle</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A stick, used with a frame loom, to which every other thread of the warp is attached. The heddle rod can either be lifted away from the frame loom to open the shed, or it holds one shed still while a shed stick is moved to create the shed. ]]></note></mads>