<?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">amenta</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>amentum</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>amentums</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ammae</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ammenta</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ammentums</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Leather thongs, Greco-Etruscan in origin and adopted by the Romans, attached to the shafts of javelins and used to throw them with more propulsion than was possible by hand alone. ]]></note></mads>