<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31392193</termId><termName>paddles</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Relatively short, slender shafts,usually having with a handle at one end and a flat round-tipped blade at the other, used by people pushing the device through water in a vertical manner in order to propel small boats; may be double-ended; for longer but similar devices with flat-tipped blades, use "oars." ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:45:27</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31392194</termId><termName>paddle</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31354249</termId><termName>watercraft equipment</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>31423253</termId><termName>canoe paddles</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31392191</termId><termName>oars</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>