<?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">fulling machines</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>textile machines</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>fulling machine</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Mechanized devices designed to increase the thickness, compactness, and consistency of woolen fibers by subjecting woolen cloth to moisture, heat, friction, and pressure. Woolen cloth is first submerged in a vessel where it is treated with liquid; the wet cloth is then removed from the vessel by means of cylindrical rollers which agigate and beat the cloth before transferring it to a fulling box to be shrunk. ]]></note></mads>