[ noun ] use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one <noun.communication> `Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma
Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, n. [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.