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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, noun [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See {Yoke}.] (Gram.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, ''hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;'' where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
zeugma
noun: use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "'Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
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