<?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">kneelers</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>gable components</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>footstones</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gable springers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>kneeler</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>kneestones</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>skew blocks</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>skew butts</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>skews</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Shaped building stones, with a flat bottom and sloping top, cut to conform to and support the copings of gables; for the more general meaning of blocks of stone placed in masonry walls to distribute the loads of beams, use "padstones." ]]></note></mads>