<?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">thumb latches</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>barn-door latches</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>latches by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>latches, thumb</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>thumb latch</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Door fastenings that incorporate a pivoted bar that crosses the joints of doors, and that engage with a strike; the free end of the bar is raised to disengage it from the strike by a transverse pivoted bar that is operated by the thumb. ]]></note></mads>