The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lobscouse \Lob"scouse`\, n. [Written also lobscourse from which
   lobscouse is corrupted.] [Lob + course.] (Naut.)
   A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually
   stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lobscouse
    n 1: a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by
         sailors [syn: lobscouse, lobscuse, scouse]