Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.

Having nodes or points of real or apparent articulation.

Jointed dolls, more often than not, move about just like you and I. Their arms and other appendages bend at what would be considered natural joints, giving them a movable and posable quality.

A figure with moveable parts, as opposed to a static sculpture. [][ Go To Bottom

Generally discs are inserted at each arm, leg and at the neck allowing movement. In the late 1950's bears without joints were produced which allowed them to be easily washed.

having joints or jointed segments;

When stiff body parts are connected by a soft flexible region, the body is said to be jointed.